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Gary Peters: “Everybody is excited about it across business, all sectors…”

Featuring: Gary Peters, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Michigan

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At Senate Appropriations Hearing, Peters Presses DHS Secretary Mullin on the Gordie Howe Bridge

Published | Video Starts at 00:29

And it's actually going to be a critical component for not just Michigan, but for the country. As you know, it's the second busiest border crossing in North America right now. Everybody is excited about it across business, all sectors of Michigan's economy and the Midwest. The only person that I know, there's one billionaire that's against it. And that's a person who owns a competing bridge, a private bridge that's competing. Other than that, there's just universal support. (00:29–00:37)

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Asserts that there is widespread excitement about the Gordie Howe International Bridge across Michigan's economy and the Midwest.

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