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Jay Rockefeller: “The President proposes to spend a record $556 billion on surface transportation programs, literally doubling almost what…”

On the recordMarch 7, 2011
The President proposes to spend a record $556 billion on surface transportation programs, literally doubling almost what we spent in the last 6 years of authorization.
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Jay Rockefeller
Democratic · West Virginia

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Rockefeller highlights the significant increase in transportation funding proposed by the President.

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