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On the recordMarch 3, 2010
I told Senator Bond that the most common complaint that I heard at the beginning of my tenure was, why does it take 10 or 12 years to get a New Starts program going?
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Ray LaHood
Republican · Illinois

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LaHood addresses complaints about the lengthy process for New Starts program initiation.

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