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Lamar Alexander: “Well, I would say--and now my time is up, and I want to set a good example--but I know that Chairman Shelby and the Vice…”

On the recordApril 17, 2018
Well, I would say--and now my time is up, and I want to set a good example--but I know that Chairman Shelby and the Vice Chairman Senator Feinstein, and others of us will want to try to at least have our target for next year, and you are about one-half billion dollars short. So we need to go to work on that.
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Lamar Alexander
Republican · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Alexander emphasizes the need to meet funding targets for the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund.

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