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James Oberstar: That was the wrong thing to do at the right time. The right time was back then.

On the recordSeptember 21, 2009
That was the wrong thing to do at the right time. The right time was back then.
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James Oberstar
Democratic · Minnesota

Editor's note · Context

Oberstar criticizes past funding decisions that negatively impacted small communities.

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