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Lamar Alexander: “What should I say to those commercial barge owners who paid extra taxes so we would use it to improve the locks when we…”

On the recordMarch 1, 2016
What should I say to those commercial barge owners who paid extra taxes so we would use it to improve the locks when we not use it?
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Lamar Alexander
Republican · Tennessee

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Senator Alexander questions the use of collected taxes for waterway improvements.

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