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Eleanor Holmes Norton: What was the reason, do you believe, we prohibited ourselves from providing for the safety of the public and rapid…

On the recordJuly 13, 2009
What was the reason, do you believe, we prohibited ourselves from providing for the safety of the public and rapid transit the way we do in other common carriers?
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton questions the rationale behind restrictions on public transportation safety regulations.

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