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Ray LaHood: “Cutting their funding will not be helpful. It will be hurtful.”

On the recordJanuary 6, 2011
Cutting their funding will not be helpful. It will be hurtful.
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Ray LaHood
Republican · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

LaHood emphasizes the negative impact of funding cuts on Amtrak.

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