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On the recordMay 19, 2010
We actually do still need to build things in this country. We need to put down asphalt and concrete. We need to build roads and bridges. The infrastructure of the last century needs to be rebuilt. But we also need to be thinking in terms of leapfrogs in infrastructure. We need to be laying the broadband that is the highway system of the future. We need to be looking at a modern electric grid because our current one is not only so vulnerable to attack, but it's full of inefficiencies. The amount of energy we lose between where we produce the energy and where we consume it is astronomical. It is incredible how inefficient. So here we have businesses that are trying to compete against very low-cost countries around the world who are still using an electric grid essentially from the 1930s. This is a moment where we need to have the boldness to rebuild our competitive advantage by doing some building again. And construction should certainly not be a Republican or a Democratic issue.
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Tom Perriello
Virginia

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Perriello discusses the need for infrastructure development and modernization in the U.S.

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