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Eleanor Holmes Norton: “The linking of the 2.5 miles from the beltway, to deliberately exclude most of the District of Columbia was an affront…”

On the recordMarch 12, 2013
The linking of the 2.5 miles from the beltway, to deliberately exclude most of the District of Columbia was an affront, frankly.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton criticizes the exclusion of D.C. from the RFI criteria.

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