Max Baucus: “I want to point out the provision referred to by the distinguished chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on…”

“I want to point out the provision referred to by the distinguished chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation in his own bill says clearly ``notwithstanding Public Law 105-178.'' Even though the law says differently, this is what the committee is going to find. The committee's own language indicates that it is a change because the committee's language says, as just reported by the chairman of the committee, notwithstanding the ISTEA bill; that is, in spite of the ISTEA bill, this is the change we are going to make.”