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Peter DeFazio: “I mean just think back to last summer. Hundreds of thousands of people were stranded and displaced for days.”

On the recordMay 1, 2017
I mean just think back to last summer. Hundreds of thousands of people were stranded and displaced for days.
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Peter DeFazio
Democratic · Oregon

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DeFazio recalls past airline failures affecting passengers.

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