On the recordApril 2, 2004
Mr. Chairman, I reluctantly urge a no vote on the gentleman's amendment. Every State in the Union gets an increase in Federal dollars in this bill. The distribution of all these Federal dollars depends on highway traffic on Federal highways. When one State says they gave $12 billion through the Federal gasoline tax and excise tax, that is true, but all that money did not come from that particular State. That money comes from people that transit all over the Nation. The gentleman from Connecticut talked about several interstate highways intersecting in the small State of Connecticut, so their proportion needs to be dependent on the Federal highway traffic on Federal highways. Mr. Chairman, I urge a no vote.
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