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On the recordApril 20, 2015
Now, given the size of our Nation's backlog on transit maintenance, which stands, as you said, at over $86 billion, growing at about $2.5 billion annually, it is unrealistic to think that we are going to solve this problem overnight, but we need a plan to increase our transit systems' resiliency and we need it now.
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Mark Warner
Democratic · Virginia

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Warner emphasizes the urgent need for a plan to address transit maintenance backlog.

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