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Eleanor Holmes Norton: “I have never heard of anything so bureaucratic in my life.”

On the recordMay 16, 2017
I have never heard of anything so bureaucratic in my life.
Said by
Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton criticizes the bureaucratic nature of airspace management.

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