The United States Treasury released on June 18, 1985 $24 million in construction funds for Metro to the Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority. Posing with a check on Capitol Hill (L-R) are Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., Sen. Charles Mac Mathias, R-Md., Sen. Paul Tribe, R-Va., Ralph Stanley, administrator of the urban Mass Transportation Administration, and Sen. John Warner, R-Va. (UPI Photo/Leighton Mark/Files)