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Lincoln Chafee: “Well, we certainly have tables and charts that will show what Alaska got under ISTEA I, what Alaska gets under ISTEA II…”

On the recordMarch 6, 1998
Well, we certainly have tables and charts that will show what Alaska got under ISTEA I, what Alaska gets under ISTEA II, what Alaska gets under ISTEA II with the added money in the so-called Chafee amendment, what those total dollars are, what the total dollars are in ISTEA II, as amended, compared to ISTEA I. The percentage of the total moneys that are given out, I think, are pretty elaborate--the figures that we have provided. It isn't anything new.
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Lincoln Chafee
Rhode Island

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Discussing funding comparisons for Alaska under ISTEA I and II.

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