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On the recordApril 16, 2013
So wouldn't that be the policy prescription, the first policy prescription is make sure that, rather than have the taxpayers subsidize that, we come up with a model where the people utilizing the track are actually paying for it?
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Lester Johnson
Republican · Wisconsin

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Johnson advocates for a pricing model for rail infrastructure to reduce taxpayer subsidies.

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