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On the recordOctober 26, 2009
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.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton emphasizes urgency for a transportation bill despite economic challenges.

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