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Senators stress transit's role as floor debate centers on funding options
Summary
During floor remarks, senators from both parties urged recognition of transit-dependent riders and criticized framing the funding debate as a binary choice; members cited veterans and visually impaired riders and warned rural impacts of payroll-tax proposals.
Senators used remonstrances and floor remarks to press the legislature to consider the human impact of transportation funding changes, emphasizing that many Oregonians depend on public transit for jobs, health care and daily life.
Senator Golden said the chamber broadly supports transit but must find an "appropriate source" of funding rather than abandoning riders: "We support transit. We just need this time to find a more appropriate way to fund it," Golden said. The senator urged colleagues not to treat the…
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