The government may have to drastically scale down its “Build Build Build” ambitions, a Cabinet official warned, if Congress fails to pass tax reforms that are expected to fund infrastructure projects nationwide.

“It is very important, without it we will probably not be able to fund less than half (of the infrastructure program),” Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez 3rd said during a Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) briefing on Wednesday for the Senate Finance Committee.

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