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On the recordJanuary 15, 1967
I said, when I realized we would have a new Transportation Department, that I wanted to look this country over and select the most competent man available for this assignment.
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Eddie Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at the Swearing In of Alan S. Boyd as Secretary of the New Department of Transportation.

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