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On the recordDecember 5, 2011
But I would point out that the Federal Transit Administration, under the leadership of the former Secretary and President Bush, was actually using Federal taxpayer dollars with routine waivers to build prototype transit vehicles overseas.
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Peter DeFazio
Democratic · Oregon

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DeFazio criticizes past practices of using taxpayer dollars for overseas projects.

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