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James Oberstar: “The resolution before us breaks all of those agreements, discards all of those understandings, throws it all aside. The…”

On the recordNovember 13, 2002
The resolution before us breaks all of those agreements, discards all of those understandings, throws it all aside. The reality is today this is a raid on the Highway Trust Fund. We have a $15 billion surplus in the Highway Trust Fund today. That surplus was anticipated in 1998 when the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure wrote what we know today as TEA-21, moved it through conference and back to the House, with a commitment of increased levels of funding.
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James Oberstar
Democratic · Minnesota

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Discussing funding levels for the Federal Aid Highway Program and concerns about the Highway Trust Fund.

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