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On the recordSeptember 8, 2015
I think the cost of construction is extremely high. Sometimes people, I think, they charge us just because we're the Federal Government, they charge us more.
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Henry Cuellar
Democratic · Texas
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Cuellar comments on the high construction costs faced by the Federal Government.

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