Lyndon Johnson: “Our overburdened and underfinanced mass transportation systems were…”

On the recordSeptember 7, 1966

Our overburdened and underfinanced mass transportation systems were nearing paralysis.

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Remarks at the Signing of the Urban Mass Transportation Act

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Thank you all for your welcome and for the wonderful work that you carry on.

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We are grateful for the impressive gesture of good will and partnership that you have extended to us.

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Your reward--and it is coming--will be seen in the faces of children who will come down the road that you have helped to open.

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In that pursuit, Mr. President, United States support will be gladly given.

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Lyndon Johnson: “Our overburdened and underfinanced mass transportation systems were nearing paralysis.”