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John Duarte: “We're still being threatened with a $4.5 billion loss of…”

Featuring: John Duarte, Republican | Former U.S. House, California, District 13

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Duarte Questions Sec. Pete Buttigieg on the Department of Transportation's Policies and Programs

Published | Video Starts at 01:24

Currently, because we're out of attainment. We filed the reports, we filed our information for waivers, but We're still being threatened with a $4.5 billion loss of high weight maintenance fees funds because we're not in compliance and because the EP hasn't reviewed within 24 months of submission our waiver request. So I very much appreciate it if you would engage the EPA and ask them to review our waiver request. (01:24–01:43)

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Asserts that his district is threatened with losing $4.5 billion in highway maintenance funds due to non-compliance and delayed EPA review.

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