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Tom Harkin: I tried in the last transportation bill, I offered an amendment that said that any entity that gets Federal money…

On the recordJanuary 21, 2009
I tried in the last transportation bill, I offered an amendment that said that any entity that gets Federal money through transportation for streets and roads and things like that had to incorporate in their planning and architecture bike paths and walking paths.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Tom Harkin discusses a failed amendment for bike paths in transportation planning.

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