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Jim Cooper: “What is the cost and safety risk of deferring problems and maintenance, and what are you doing to incentivize addressing…”

On the recordSeptember 6, 2016
What is the cost and safety risk of deferring problems and maintenance, and what are you doing to incentivize addressing and funding routine maintenance before small problems become big problems?
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Jim Cooper
Democratic · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Cooper questions the risks of delaying maintenance and seeks solutions for funding routine upkeep.

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