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On the recordJuly 21, 2009
At some point we are going to have to make a decision in the city and in the Congress about what the tradeoffs there, because we want low-cost service.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton emphasizes the need for decisions on trade-offs between service cost and urban congestion.

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