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Mary Gonzalez: “The state has already invested $500 million in trying to get…”

Featuring: Mary Gonzalez, Democratic | Texas House of Representatives, District 75

Ep. 78 Weekly Witness Rep. Mary Gonzalez, the November Election, and Proposition 2

Published October 17, 2019 | Video Starts at 09:06

So why is it important to me? Because no Texan should not have clean water and wastewater infrastructure. Two, The state has already invested $500 million in trying to get some of these [water infrastructure] projects off the ground. If we don't continue these and finish out these projects, then we might as well have just burnt that money on fire because we'll never be able to complete these projects. (09:06–09:12)

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Asserts that Texas has invested $500 million in water infrastructure projects.

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