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Ned Lamont: “When Joe Biden says we have a deal where he can speed up…”

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Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont Discusses State's Future and Personal Insights at Connecticut Mirror Event

Published | Video Starts at 43:24

It's fully funded for, I don't know, next three, four years. That's, that's a good place to be. And also having a fully funded transportation fund means that When Joe Biden says we have a deal where he can speed up rail service, it's going to be a $500 million project. But Connecticut, you have to put up 100 million of it or 20%. We're ready to go. Other states say, I got to go raise the money, we don't have to do it. That's already getting more than our fair share of this investment money. (43:24–43:37)

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Asserts that Connecticut is ready to fund its $100 million share of a $500 million rail service project.

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