Texas Rep. vows to bring high-speed rail to state

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Texas Rep. vows to bring high-speed rail to state
(Source: Houston Chronicle, February 29, 2012)

HOUSTON — Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee pledged Wednesday to make her state’s decades-old dream to build a high-speed rail system come true, despite fiscal constraints and partisan gridlock in the nation’s capital.

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Thursday, March 1, 2012

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