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Shelley Moore Capito: “This was one of the reasons that the cost share by the…”

Featuring: Shelley Moore Capito, Republican | U.S. Senate West Virginia

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Senator Shelley Moore Capito Discusses Infrastructure and Permitting Reform with Focus on Francis Scott Key Bridge Reconstruction

Published | Video Starts at 04:52

Yeah, so I could just kind of add a little, a little spice to the, to the meeting here. I can say This was one of the reasons that the cost share by the state, many of us thought the state should still contribute in the usual, whether it was either 90, 10 or 80, 20. Because really there's no incentive for the state now to contain the cost because there's no cost to the state and it's all federally funded and you're going to have to get more funding than what you have initially. (04:52–05:05)

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Asserts that there was a belief that states should contribute to infrastructure costs in typical cost-sharing ratios.

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