We have a responsibility to what will best meet the needs of this Nation. I am prepared to support programs that are in the national interest that are very unlikely to have any value to the State of Florida. such as major hydroelectric projects. I would also ask the consideration of my colleagues from elsewhere to some of the special concerns of our State. such as the large and growing number of refugees who are arriving each day in our State due to Federal immigration and refugee policy. I would also ask my colleagues to look with a national perspective on which of these bases of allocation of funds makes the most rational case for the future of Americas transportation system. I believe. as the General Accounting Office believes. and as the large majority of State highway officials believe. that it is the proposal of the Federal Aid Surface Transportation Act that best accomplishes that national objective.
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