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be pursued. And so I got in touch with the Library of Congress, and they said, well, they would prefer if I didn't make the request of them, but if I did make the request of them, they'd look into it -- they would have to spend $50,000 to farm the legislation out for review, $50,000. So I said, “No, don't do it.” And I really haven't pursued it, because I'm not on the committee, and I know that I couldn't get any of that stuff passed in any event, and I just don't want to spend $50,000 of government money, because I could if I wanted to, and it would look nice to have this report. But I couldn't get it passed, and I just decided not to.

Did the mass transit bill pass?

No, the mass transit bill did not pass, but much mass transit legislation did pass that I was responsible for. But the single transportation trust fund approach, which is what I had initially introduced - the single transportation trust fund to put in highway monies and plane monies and mass transit monies. That we're still working on.

This concludes the interview with Congressman Koch on January 12, 1976.