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Brian Mast: “The Department of Transportation or municipalities are not…”

Featuring: Brian Mast, Republican | U.S. House, Florida, District 21

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[Week in Review] Funding Infrastructure and reflecting on those we lost | May 15 - 22

Published | Video Starts at 05:09

That might be something that takes place. But what doesn't always happen, in fact, what basically never happens is that The Department of Transportation or municipalities are not given the answers to questions that a bank would get if somebody was coming in to request a loan. The government is not asking to say, hey listen, what's your credit worthiness? What are your liabilities, what are your assets, what happens if you go under? (05:09–05:26)

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Asserts that financial transparency is lacking in infrastructure grant requests compared to bank loans.

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