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On the recordMarch 3, 2010
I believe rail, whether it is heavy rail to move cargo in our corridors, whether it is--I will call it heavy rail, to move people in the Northeast Corridor, whether it is our MARC trains or the Virginia version of that, we need to have a real commitment to rail and mass transit in this country because, whether it is Purple Line, our Red Line in Baltimore, your Red Line here, but we are running into a lot of red ink.
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Barbara Mikulski
Democratic · Maryland

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Mikulski emphasizes the need for commitment to rail and mass transit amid budget shortfalls.

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