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Rick Larsen: “Should Americans be able to drive across a highway bridge with the reasonable expectation that it will not crumble away…”

On the recordApril 10, 2013
Should Americans be able to drive across a highway bridge with the reasonable expectation that it will not crumble away from underneath them?
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Rick Larsen
Democratic · Washington

Editor's note · Context

Larsen emphasizes the need for infrastructure investment after a bridge collapse.

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