Jeff Bingaman: “I know the Senators are aware that, at my request, last year the…”

On the recordJuly 23, 1998

I know the Senators are aware that, at my request, last year the subcommittee provided $1.5 million to the state to begin full-time transit service in Northern New Mexico this fall using leased buses and borrowed facilities. Is the Ranking Member also aware that the commitment of the local governments to the program has also been demonstrated by individual contributions of $100,000 each from the City of Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, Los Alamos County, and the Los Alamos National Laboratory?

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Jeff Bingaman

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Discussing funding for transit service in Northern New Mexico.

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