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On the recordApril 27, 2009
The last Highway Bill was $286 billion. That is a lot of money. But when you think about that that was to cover a six year period spread over 50 States, then you see that it really wasn't enough to meet all the needs that we have.
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Jeff Duncan
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Duncan reflects on the inadequacy of previous highway funding over six years.

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