Jack Reed actually said...

If we cannot give them the certainty of a 4- or 5-year plan of committed Federal funding at a reasonable and, we hope, robust level, they will be on their own, and frankly they will perform even worse.

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Emphasizes the need for stable federal funding for state and local governments.

04/21/2015

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