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Peter DeFazio: “If we go back to the proposal in H.R. 7, which would mandate outsourcing the long-distance routes to the lowest bidder…”

On the recordSeptember 19, 2012
If we go back to the proposal in H.R. 7, which would mandate outsourcing the long-distance routes to the lowest bidder, but then would transfer the operating grants to the lowest bidder, I am puzzled as to how the taxpayers come out ahead on that one.
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Peter DeFazio
Democratic · Oregon

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DeFazio questions the benefits of outsourcing public transport routes to the lowest bidder.

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