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Richard Blumenthal: “I hope, speaking for Amtrak, as you do now, that you would never go through a community like Old Lyme or any other where…”

On the recordJuly 11, 2016
I hope, speaking for Amtrak, as you do now, that you would never go through a community like Old Lyme or any other where there was such strong and well-merited opposition.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

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Expressing hope that Amtrak respects community opposition.

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