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Pete Sessions: I find it very interesting that we are going to continue operating the service which costs the money, but if I took the…

On the recordFebruary 16, 2011
I find it very interesting that we are going to continue operating the service which costs the money, but if I took the money and stopped the service we all of a sudden can't fix all the things that you want to fix. My gosh, the bottom line is they need to quit operating the service and then use it for what the gentleman says they should use the money for, of the bridges and the operating of the infrastructure.
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Pete Sessions
Republican · Texas
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Feb 16, 2011

Editor's note · Context

The speaker is discussing the allocation of funds for infrastructure versus service operations.

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