Jimmy Carter actually said...

This act, combined with the financing agreement signed by Transportation Secretary Goldschmidt and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority last September, gives us confidence that the facilities necessary to continue the move toward mass transit can be completed.

Context

National Capital Transportation Amendments of 1979 Statement on Signing H.R. 3951 Into Law

01/02/1980

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