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On the recordJanuary 27, 2010
But don't we have, in effect, a capital liability to fix that bridge, that if we were accounting in a full kind of all-in way, we would recognize some way?
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Whitehouse emphasizes the importance of recognizing infrastructure repair costs in budgeting.

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