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Pete Domenici: But, in essence I am just expressing the notion that is pretty rampant, that outside of this budget resolution, at a…

On the recordMay 22, 1997
But, in essence I am just expressing the notion that is pretty rampant, that outside of this budget resolution, at a later date, that in various committees we will be working on what do we do with this highway trust fund and what do we do with the new formula, where there will be a new formula. All I am suggesting is at some point that debate is going to occur, but I don't believe it should occur here on the floor of the Senate, taking $12 billion and just adding it to this budget and saying we are just going to go in the red because we have not figured out any other way. There is going to be another way to look at this situation.
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Pete Domenici

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Discussing budget resolutions and the highway trust fund during Senate debate.

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