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Peter DeFazio: “I believe and I think airports across the country believe that the best way of providing the necessary infrastructure…”

On the recordJune 17, 2014
I believe and I think airports across the country believe that the best way of providing the necessary infrastructure investment is the self-help of allowing airports to impose a higher fee locally.
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Peter DeFazio
Democratic · Oregon

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DeFazio argues for local airports to have the ability to impose higher fees for infrastructure funding.

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