12/01/1997
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We are committed to this project.
We are totally committed to the Columbia River Crossing. This is going to be a model for multimodal transportation.
That's a good place to start, not by one government saying, OK, we're going to tax you all.
We are not going to let it stand in the way of that, but to make sure that everybody knows what the facts are.