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On the recordMay 15, 2018
If PTC is the critical issue and if safety is the most important issue, why did you not go ahead and make as much funding available as you thought could be absorbed?
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Reed challenges the limited funding for PTC despite its importance.

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