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On the recordApril 2, 2003
These statistics bear show that the Department of Transportation has missed its stated performance goal for highway safety.
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Patty Murray
Democratic · Washington
Source
congress.gov
Apr 2, 2003

Editor's note · Context

Murray highlights the failure of the Department of Transportation in meeting safety goals.

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