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On the recordOctober 11, 2011
I am also against the President's proposed American infrastructure financing authority. This is not because of any objection to an infrastructure bank.
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Peter DeFazio
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

DeFazio expresses opposition to the President's infrastructure financing authority, not the concept of an infrastructure bank.

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