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On the recordJuly 14, 2009
So, you believe that it is justifiable to essentially close down general aviation and a major commercial and government center of the United States?
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton questions the justification for closing general aviation post-9/11.

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