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Jason Altmire: “A $4 billion bridge project. And the American taxpayer is funding the Chinese to give the steel to California to rebuild…”

On the recordJanuary 31, 2012
A $4 billion bridge project. And the American taxpayer is funding the Chinese to give the steel to California to rebuild this bridge. And the infrastructure improvements that are being made, certainly we'll see some benefit, but those are American jobs. And American tax dollars are going overseas for something that could be done better and more cost efficiently here at home. So I know the gentleman wants to talk about that, but I appreciate his leadership.
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Jason Altmire
Pennsylvania
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Jan 31, 2012

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