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Jim Inhofe: “I appreciate the response. I know the Senator to be very sincere. The time that we spent--we are talking about 12 months…”

On the recordFebruary 3, 2004
I appreciate the response. I know the Senator to be very sincere. The time that we spent--we are talking about 12 months we have been anguishing over this issue to come up with something that is fair. It is not perfect. It is better than it was under TEA-21. We went to the Finance Committee and said: Can you get us there? It is my information that we got there and, consequently, I still stand behind the bill. We have an honest disagreement on that.
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Jim Inhofe
Republican · Oklahoma

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Discussing the progress and challenges of a transportation bill during Senate debate.

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