Pete Domenici: “Senator Lautenberg is correct. The budget resolution contains an assumption that the Appropriations Committee will…”

“Senator Lautenberg is correct. The budget resolution contains an assumption that the Appropriations Committee will provide adequate funding to spend all gas tax revenues into the highway trust fund. In addition, the budget resolution also contains an assumption which provides increased funding for mass transit and Amtrak, in addition to the increase in highway trust fund spending. Therefore, I am optimistic that this agreement provides enough funding to accomplish our mutual goals of spending all trust fund revenues while maintaining our commitments to other modes of transportation, including increased funding for mass transit and Amtrak.”