[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 154 (Thursday, November 6, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S11847]
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            INTERMODAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION EFFICIENCY ACT

  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I simply wanted to stand and say that the 
Senator from Oklahoma, and especially the Senator from Missouri, who 
spoke earlier, have made important recommendations.
  Yesterday, I believe I read in the Congress Daily the recommendations 
of the Senator from Missouri on the extension of the highway bill. I 
think the approach he suggests makes a great deal of good sense. And I 
hope most Members of Congress will understand in this late hour and 
rally around an approach that gets this done--allows the contracts to 
be let, and doesn't provide an interruption in the highway activities 
in our country. This is very important to this country.
  So I commend the Senator from Missouri, the Senator from Montana, and 
so many others who are working on these issues, and hope all Members of 
the Senate feel, as we do, that this is something that must get done in 
the final days of this session.
  Mr. BOND. Mr. President, I thank my colleague from North Dakota and 
my colleague from Oklahoma for their kind comments. Unfortunately, at 
this time in the session, we probably need to get the concurrence of 
all of the Members, and not just most of them. It is something I hope 
that will not be prejudicial to any State.
  I thank these Senators, and particularly the leadership of the 
Environment and Public Works Committee, and the leadership of the 
Senate for moving forward on a project that must be accomplished before 
we leave.
  I thank the Chair.

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