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Summer Lee: Congress failed to provide funding in fiscal years 2011, 2012, and 2013 for port of entry infrastructure, exacerbating…

On the recordJuly 15, 2014
Congress failed to provide funding in fiscal years 2011, 2012, and 2013 for port of entry infrastructure, exacerbating the backlog of infrastructure projects.
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Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Critiques Congress for not funding necessary port infrastructure improvements.

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