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Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users

Date: April 28, 2005
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Transportation


TRANSPORTATION EQUITY ACT: A LEGACY FOR USERS--Continued -- (Senate - April 28, 2005)

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Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, in closing, as I have outlined today on the floor--in addition to the views expressed by the leading transportation groups in the country--it is my hope the bill managers will be able to accept this commonsense amendment to ensure that community values are decided at the State level and not in Washington, DC.

Again, I will close by saying this particular document already provides a tremendous amount of paperwork and regulation and rules that State DOTs and those who participate in Federal projects and highway funding issues have to comply with. It certainly seems to me that to add a nebulous and subjective additional requirement of ``community values,'' one, adds additional paperwork burden and redtape to the process that is already extensive and, secondly, it allows the Federal Government to interfere in an area that ought to be decided at a State and local level.

I hope the managers will accept the amendment. In the event they don't, I ask for the yeas and nays on the amendment.

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