Defending the bill

Score one for Mark Pryor. The democratic senator from Arkansas says diverting highway money to hurricane relief efforts not only would slow progress on much-needed infrastructure in Arkansas, but also would hurt the state’s economy. Pryor, quoted in the Northwest Arkansas edition of the Democrat-Gazette, said he remains opposed to the idea of reopening the recently approved highway bill and using some of that money to help the Gulf Coast recover from hurricane damage. “We fought too long and hard to get that highway bill,” Pryor said. There are other ways to get the necessary funding to do the very necessary job of rebuilding the gulf. Your comment?