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In LaCrosse, as he talked about spending money on more rail infrastructure, he took a tongue-in-cheek swipe at Chicago: “Imagine if you could get from Chicago — from La Crosse to Chicago in two hours, instead of four and a half,” only to quip “I don’t know why you’d go to Chicago, but — you know, all kidding aside — it would reduce the largest source of pollution in America: vehicle travel.”