Mark Warner: “If I may say, Mr. President, it is that first word, ``notwithstanding''--one of those magical words that resonates in…”

“If I may say, Mr. President, it is that first word, ``notwithstanding''--one of those magical words that resonates in this Chamber to signal this law is being changed, this formula is being changed. If you did not have this provision in there, these funds would flow precisely as this Chamber directed those funds to flow when they overwhelmingly adopted TEA 21. I say to my good friend, it is clear as the light of this given day what is taking place.”