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Tom Barrett: “Our infrastructure continues to lag.”

Featuring: Tom Barrett, Republican | U.S. House, Michigan, District 7

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Candidate Interview: Tom Barrett (R) Representative in Congress - 7th District

Published | Video Starts at 11:22

And that's something that I think the federal government can help with without overturning a state constitutional provision in our state constitution like has already passed. Share your thoughts on Michigan's current infrastructure and any improvements you hope to see. Yeah, you know, Our infrastructure continues to lag. You know, most of your metrics that you see continue to show issues with infrastructure. Something that was built out decades ago that were, you know, life cycled through a multitude of times that we put temporary fixes on that. (11:22–11:25)

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Asserts that infrastructure is lagging.

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