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Tom Harkin: I'm just pointing out that we are on the verge of an issue for a city that has an unusually large taxicab fleet... it…

On the recordNovember 16, 2011
I'm just pointing out that we are on the verge of an issue for a city that has an unusually large taxicab fleet... it just gives us a significant point in time to make it mandatory, not optional, that every one of those taxicabs be fully accessible.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin calls for mandatory accessibility in New York's taxi fleet.

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