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James Oberstar: “But there are two issues in this bill that I was very concerned about. The Senate passed a bill that had a funding…”

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.
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James Oberstar
Democratic · Minnesota
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Mar 4, 2010

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Oberstar addresses concerns about a discriminatory funding formula in a Senate bill.

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