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Mark Pocan: “The $300 million this 90,000 square foot facility is going…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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An update on the White House demolition

Published | Video Starts at 00:12

He's tearing it apart. I'm looking up a cost of a ballroom, construction wise is 2 to $400 a square foot. When you look at The $300 million this 90,000 square foot facility is going to cost, that's $3,300 plus per square foot. That's 10 times the cost of building a normal ballroom. To ask for a permit after the fact to construct something but not to demolish something is really crazy. (00:12–00:23)

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Asserts that the cost of a 90,000 square foot facility is $300 million, equating to over $3,300 per square foot.

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