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On the recordMarch 4, 2010
But there are two issues in this bill that I was very concerned about. The Senate passed a bill that had a funding formula that was very, very discriminatory. Four States benefited with 58 percent of the funding and 22 States got nothing. Senator Reid has consented in a letter he sent to me and to Speaker Pelosi to restore the House funding formula that we proposed in a subsequent bill that will pass the Senate this month to distribute those additional highway formula funds as we proposed in a formula distribution. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has again expired.
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James Oberstar
Democratic · Minnesota
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