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Matt Cartwright: “We helped a company, PennDOT, had this operation where they…”

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

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Legislative Forum with Congressman Matt Cartwright

Published | Video Starts at 24:53

There might be an intractable problem with the irs. There might be some problem with the EPA or even state government. There might be a problem. We helped a company, PennDOT, had this operation where they were resurfacing a big part of Interstate 81, and they closed about three exits in a row down in Schuylkill County. And it was killing all of the businesses because they were going to keep these exits closed for all summer, like, four months. Imagine having a local business that depends on that local traffic. (24:53–25:12)

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Asserts that his office intervened in a PennDOT operation that affected local businesses.

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