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Transportation I realize that transportation issues are both important to the quality of life of residents in metro Atlanta and to the economic security of our entire nation. Since coming to Congress, I have advocated the expansion of MARTA in DeKalb County, have obtained funds for rail, bus and road investments in the 4th Congressional District and metro Atlanta, and voted in favor of legislation insuring the solvency of our nations airlines and Amtrak. Additionally, I have voted for additional funding for transit, road and air projects across the entire nation. When President Bush released his budget this year, funding for transportation was woefully underfunded, and I joined my colleagues in supporting legislation that restored needed transportation funding for the upcoming year, and additionally I offered an amendment to the congressional budget resolution that would have increased transportation funding by $2 billion in the next year alone. 
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