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Coble
Named Conferee on Highway/Transit Bill
U.S.
Rep. Howard Coble (R-NC), a senior member of the House Transportation
committee, has been named as a conferee for the six-year, multi-billion
dollar highway and transit reauthorization bill. Congressman Coble,
who ranks fourth in seniority on the Committee on Transportation
and Infrastructure, was named to the panel by the Speaker of the
House.
On April
2, the House passed a $284 billion six-year reauthorization of the
nation’s highway and transit funding priorities. This followed
on the heels of Senate passage of a $318 billion package. Now, leadership
in the House and Senate have named members of the conference to
iron out the differences between the two spending measures and work
with the White House to craft legislation which can be signed by
President Bush.
“I
am honored that leadership has named me to this prestigious conference,”
Rep. Coble noted. “We have secured some $60 million for highway
and transit projects in the 6th District in the House-passed version
of the bill. I will be working with staff to protect these worthwhile
projects, while at the same time continue to work on the inadequacies
of the present funding formula that harms states such as North Carolina
that receives only a little more than 90 cents for every dollar
in gasoline tax revenue that it sends to Washington. We must see
progress in correcting this inequity among the states.”
The first
conference meeting will be this Monday for staff, with the members
getting together for the first time this coming Wednesday. No timetable
has been set for an agreement, but Congress adjourns July 23 for
a seven-week district work period.
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