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Nicholas Begich: “There's $65 billion for mass transit on the east coast.”

Featuring: Nicholas Begich, Republican | U.S. House Alaska At-large District

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Published | Video Starts at 19:07

It's just a great way to say, hey, we're going to plant a bunch of trees inside cities. And I believe there's at least over, at least a billion dollars for DC electrified buses, and There's $65 billion for mass transit on the east coast. a form of transportation that less than 1% of the country uses. So what we're seeing is this is just a repackaged, green, new deal light set of priorities. (19:07–19:14)

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Asserts that the infrastructure bill includes $65 billion for east coast mass transit.

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