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Ed Rendell: President Obama, as Congressman Rahall said, deserves credit as the first American president to put significant dollars…

On the recordJanuary 26, 2011
President Obama, as Congressman Rahall said, deserves credit as the first American president to put significant dollars into passenger rail; over 10 and a half billion dollars distributed in the last 18 months.
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Ed Rendell

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Praising Obama's investment in passenger rail funding.

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