[VIDEO] Is There Hope for Additional US Infrastructure Investment?

Nick Yaksich, Association of Equipment Manufacturers, speaks on the prospects for added U.S. infrastructure investment and how it might be paid for.

Sep 15, 2017
Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM)

Nick Yaksich, Senior VP, Government and Industry Relations, Association of Equipment Manufacturers, spoke to attendees of the AEM/AED Forum 2017 about the prospects for added U.S. infrastructure investment and how it might be paid for.

Association of Equipment Manufacturers: https://www.aem.org/

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