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Ray LaHood: “I mean, they are hurting. They can ill afford to pay the drivers of their buses and to keep the doors open.”

On the recordMarch 9, 2009
I mean, they are hurting. They can ill afford to pay the drivers of their buses and to keep the doors open.
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Ray LaHood
Republican · Illinois

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LaHood highlights the financial struggles of transit agencies.

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