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On the recordDecember 15, 2009
Let me ask you a panel question real quick. Anybody know the reason or a good social reason why the railroad workers should be treated differently than the airline workers?
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

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Cohen questions the differential treatment of railroad and airline workers under bankruptcy laws.

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