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Matt Cartwright: “The Senate was writing their own version [of the…”

Featuring: Matt Cartwright, Democratic | Former U.S. House, Pennsylvania, District 8

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The Volpe Report - Sunday Feb 26, 2023 - US Rep. Matt Cartwright

Published | Video Starts at 21:28

Chairman Peter DeFazio from Oregon was doing it, and he was well into writing this when we found out something that dismayed DeFazio, and that was The Senate was writing their own version [of the infrastructure bill], and Senate Leader Chuck Schumer was at the head of that. From New York. From New York. From Brooklyn. And as soon as I found that out, I got ahold of a dear old friend of mine, also from New York City area, Queens, Joe Crowley. (21:28–21:36)

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Asserts that the Senate, led by Chuck Schumer, was drafting its own infrastructure bill.

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