Let me close by saying I am for TIGER grants. I am for long routes on Amtrak. I am for transit grants.
Dick Durbin: “Let me close by saying I am for TIGER grants. I am for long routes on Amtrak. I am for transit grants.”
On the recordJuly 12, 2017
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Durbin expresses support for various transportation funding initiatives.
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