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Eleanor Holmes Norton: “Most of us did not know--I don't believe I knew until the crash--that there were no national rail standards.”

On the recordJune 23, 2011
Most of us did not know--I don't believe I knew until the crash--that there were no national rail standards.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton expresses surprise at the lack of national rail safety standards after a Metro crash.

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