Johnny Isakson: “The current base bill, as presented, if passing the way it does, will…”

On the recordApril 2, 2004

The current base bill, as presented, if passing the way it does, will reduce the minimum guarantee in the States from 90.5 percent to a scope of 84 percent. The amendment presented today by me and a bipartisan group ensures that the minimum guarantee will remain at 90.5 percent of 93 percent, as it was allocated on scope under TEA 21. Those are the facts. That is what everybody needs to understand. Do not let any chart with any separate group of assumptions lead my colleagues astray. They cannot make 90.5 percent of 84 percent more than 90.5 percent of 93 percent. Secondly, some will say it is a donor/donee issue, and to an extent it is; but if the base bill passes as it is, it exacerbates the donor States. All the donor States are asking in this is to maintain where they were under the last highway reauthorization bill. I hope my colleagues keep those facts in mind. Facts are stubborn things. This is about equity to our States.

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Johnny Isakson

Republican · Georgia

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Discussing an amendment related to highway funding and state guarantees during a floor debate.

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Johnny Isakson: “The current base bill, as presented, if passing the way it does, will reduce the minimum guarantee in the States from…”

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