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Cord Byrd: “I urge the majority leader to be the ``Repairer of the Breach'' by calling up ISTEA now, so that we may be one step…”

On the recordFebruary 12, 1998
I urge the majority leader to be the ``Repairer of the Breach'' by calling up ISTEA now, so that we may be one step closer towards enacting the provisions called for in S. 1173 that would help accelerate the delivery of vitally-important transportation projects to the American people.
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Cord Byrd
Florida

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Addressing the need for transportation project funding during a Senate floor speech.

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