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On the recordApril 28, 2009
For the past 8 years, we have had to work with an administration that appeared to be ideologically opposed to funding extensions to transit systems.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton reflects on the challenges faced in transit funding due to previous administration policies.

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