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John Sarbanes: I thank the Senator. They are still working on that problem. It has not been fully resolved yet. I received a message…

On the recordJuly 19, 2001
I thank the Senator. They are still working on that problem. It has not been fully resolved yet. I received a message from Mayor O'Malley that the fire is still smoldering. But they have had terrific intergovernmental cooperation throughout in trying to address this pressing issue. We are hopeful that it will be resolved soon. The tunnel is a mile and a half long, and so they are pulling these cars out of the tunnel--decoupling them and pulling them out. So that process is still underway, but we hope it can be carried through to completion without worsening of conditions.
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John Sarbanes
Democratic · Maryland

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Discussing ongoing efforts to address a fire in a tunnel.

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