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Beth Van Duyne: “The city of Irving has thrived. We have not lost anything…”

Featuring: Beth Van Duyne, Republican | U.S. House, Texas, District 24

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Published | Video Starts at 02:21

And what we did is instead of foregoing our public transit and other things, we started investing more in our, in our, in our infrastructure, in our business practices. And as a result, The city of Irving has thrived. We have not lost anything since the Cowboys decided to move to Arlington. We've actually thrived. So we've had businesses, small businesses that have come. One of the largest, you know, fastest growing cities in the state, in the country. (02:21–02:28)

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Asserts that Irving has thrived and not lost economically since the Cowboys moved.

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