Eleanor Holmes Norton actually said...

We are not going to get another large stimulus package, but that is no excuse for letting the transportation bill lie fallow while jobs, not to mention highways, and transit, and improvements in great need, go by the way.

Context

Norton emphasizes urgency for a transportation bill despite economic challenges.

10/26/2009

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