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On the recordNovember 14, 2012
I am captivated by your 34 to 1 return on investment ratio, and would invite you and any of the other witnesses who have return on investment valuations for water, wastewater, public safety, shoreline protection infrastructure to please share that with my office.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse expresses interest in investment returns for infrastructure projects.

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