And the voters of Clark county have rejected light rail on three separate occasions because it would take downtown's, Portland's crime and all of their problems and dump it out right in Vancouver and right up the i5 corridor into our district. So We need standalone federal funding that funds the ring road, highway and then a third bridge. and make sure that the current historic bridge is maintained and is actually, you know, safe and completely and totally up to code. But we need much more federal resources and federal leadership. (23:50–23:56)
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