03/09/2010
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"Unfortunately for the Ranking Member, Oklahoma is one of the three States that has a higher percentage than Rhode Island of structurally deficient bridges."
"I complimented you on the intensity of the effort you put into getting the Recovery Act funding out into Rhode Island."
"One of the solutions that we have proposed in Rhode Island is to put tolls on I-95 to generate some of our own funding since the Federal funding is insufficient for these purposes."
"People may disagree about particular cases, but I hope that we can all recognize that powerful special interests have a constant interest in capturing our regulatory agencies."