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James Oberstar: We are going to very substantively reduce the number of programs or move, perhaps, to a small number of functions to…

On the recordApril 27, 2009
We are going to very substantively reduce the number of programs or move, perhaps, to a small number of functions to dramatically streamline the Department of Transportation bureaucracy and the Federal Transportation Administration.
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James Oberstar
Democratic · Minnesota

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Oberstar discusses plans to streamline transportation programs and reduce bureaucracy.

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