09/21/2011
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"We are determined to get it done this time."
"20 percent of the population of America lives in rural America, it is about 66 million people."
"$5.2 billion, $1 billion of that should have been designated for rural areas to get as per appropriate share."
"Especially we are affected more in rural areas than most because when there is a pilot shortage, we are the first routes that get cut."