Mr.

Chairman, I’m concerned

because when I see this come forward I see it as…. The New Deal money was indeed a process as to how communities were supposed to take care of this problem of chipsealing their streets and whatnot. I see this as complicating the waters without having it negotiated through MACA to get a sense of its real impact. The challenge I see is that this amendment now has them working to establish this. What’s going to happen is that MACA’s going to turn around and say: Well, if you want us to work with communities now, we’re going to have to start taking money back to manage it. I see the

amendment muddying a very difficult situation to begin with. I don’t think the amendment actually helps the situation. I think it makes it worse. This should be negotiated out of the New Deal money if that’s really the intent of the bigger motion as a whole.