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Eleanor Holmes Norton: “We owe it to our children, to these students to examine why these fatalities occur and what can be done to prevent them.”

On the recordJuly 24, 2019
We owe it to our children, to these students to examine why these fatalities occur and what can be done to prevent them.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton calls for an examination of school transportation fatalities and prevention measures.

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