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On the recordMarch 7, 2011
I am particularly concerned by the $50 billion up-front transportation infrastructure plan for 2012 that sounds very much like another stimulus program.
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John Thune
Republican · South Dakota

Editor's note · Context

Expresses concern over the administration's transportation funding plan.

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