Even if we give Mr. Rogoff the kind of perhaps authority he ought to have, I can tell you without fear of contradiction--leave aside the recession we are in, let's suppose we are in the false boom economy we just came out of--that there is no transit system in the United States that isn't operating with old cars and cannot replace them quickly.
Eleanor Holmes Norton: “Even if we give Mr. Rogoff the kind of perhaps authority he ought to have, I can tell you without fear of…”
On the recordJuly 13, 2009
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Norton emphasizes the outdated condition of U.S. transit systems and the challenge of replacing old cars.
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