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On the recordDecember 12, 2012
How did the great country, the great United States, fall so far behind the rest of the world?
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Mike Capuano
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Capuano questions the U.S. lagging in high-speed rail compared to other countries.

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