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Richard Neal: “Tip knew just what he was doing with the Big Dig. He put the…”

Featuring: Richard Neal, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 1st Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 28:57

So whenever I Have a Boston audience. I always say to the Boston audience, I hope there's nobody in the city of Boston who would ever complain about infrastructure spending. Tip knew just what he was doing with the Big Dig. He put the 5 billion in and retired. They were digging ever since. But look what that Big Dig has done. And Bill Weld was a very important partner. On that was Paul Solucion. (28:57–29:05)

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Asserts that Tip O'Neill allocated $5 billion for the Big Dig project.

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