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On the recordJune 21, 2017
I think a lot of people living in smaller cities throughout the heartland of America are going to be a little surprised to wake up one day, find out they have no air service, they have no train service.
Said by
Peter DeFazio
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

DeFazio expresses concern over proposed cuts to transportation services affecting small cities.

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