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James Oberstar: In what is left of the rail funding, we had $5 billion in our proposal; that has been cut to a billion.

On the recordJanuary 21, 2009
In what is left of the rail funding, we had $5 billion in our proposal; that has been cut to a billion.
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James Oberstar
Democratic · Minnesota

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Oberstar discusses cuts to rail funding and the lack of local match requirements.

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