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Eleanor Holmes Norton: You don't think it's sustainable to go back, for example, to the local jurisdictions and say give us a model that would…

On the recordMarch 28, 2017
You don't think it's sustainable to go back, for example, to the local jurisdictions and say give us a model that would be essentially a tax dedicated to WMATA?
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Norton questions the sustainability of WMATA's funding model and suggests dedicated taxes.

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