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Cord Byrd: “As a Senator who is not a member of the conference committee but as a Senator who is, nevertheless, deeply committed to…”

On the recordApril 24, 1998
As a Senator who is not a member of the conference committee but as a Senator who is, nevertheless, deeply committed to increasing substantially the size of our national investment in transportation infrastructure, I rise to urge the conferees to complete expeditiously their deliberations on the highway reauthorization bill. The conferees and all Senators are fully cognizant of the imminent--the imminent-- arrival of May 1, the date beyond which all States will be prohibited by law from obligating any Federal-aid highway funds.
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Cord Byrd
Florida

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Discussing the urgency of reauthorizing the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act.

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