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Richard Blumenthal: “Congress should be and will be blamed if we postpone the deadline for 5 or 7 years as right now the proposal is to do.”

On the recordJune 9, 2015
Congress should be and will be blamed if we postpone the deadline for 5 or 7 years as right now the proposal is to do.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

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Blumenthal warns Congress against delaying rail safety deadlines, stressing accountability.

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