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Eleanor Holmes Norton: “But equally important, Metro has created a really irreplaceable transit network on which the Federal Government depends…”

On the recordOctober 21, 2019
But equally important, Metro has created a really irreplaceable transit network on which the Federal Government depends every day every bit as much as our constituents.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton stresses Metro's significance for both the public and federal operations.

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