I rise in my capacity as the ranking Democratic member on the Surface Transportation Subcommittee to give my colleagues 6.8 billion reasons why they should vote for H.R. 842, the Truth in Budgeting Act. This, 6.8 billion, my colleagues, is the amount of highway and transit money the States have been shortchanged over the life of ISTEA to date.
Discussing the funding shortfalls for states under the ISTEA during a debate on the Truth in Budgeting Act.
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