House Proceeding on Jun 11th, 2008 :: 3:02:23 to 3:05:07
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Speech By: Corrine Brown

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Corrine Brown: for the record three pieces that articulate many of my concerns in this respect. the other question i raised in committee consideration of h.r. 401 is why should washington, d.c. step to the front of

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Carolyn McCarthy: the line to receive special subsidies paid for by taxpayers throughout the country, many of whom will never step foot on a washington metro train or bus. i've heard that due to the high number of federal

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Speech By: Carolyn McCarthy

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Carolyn McCarthy: employees in the area, we are obliged to subsidize their commute in this way this fails to recognize that the federal government already subsidizes their commute in the form of metro checks.

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Carolyn McCarthy: this system of allocating federal transit funding is more equitable and fair than creating a special ion i-- line item for a particular metropolitan area. i'm confident my constituents in winston-alem

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Carolyn McCarthy: or else -- in winston-salem or elsewhere would not appreciate this line item. we also heard that washington, d.c. needs this line item more than other regions or cities, including noverbingt,

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Carolyn McCarthy: which are not included in this amendment because of security threats to the city. even if security threats help justify the need for more federal assistance to washington, d.c., then the

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Carolyn McCarthy: efforts invested in this approach should be focused on establishing an exwiltable system which allocates money fairly among cities with varying degrees of threat. it is for these reasons and many

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Carolyn McCarthy: more that i urge rejection of this amendment. and i yield back the balance of my time. mr. davis: i recognize the t gentleman for one nute. the chairman: the gentleman is recognized for one

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Carolyn McCarthy: minute. mr. hoyer: i note that my good friend frank wolf is on the floor as well. i don't know if there's any member of the body on which i have worked more closely on an objective than frank

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Carolyn McCarthy: wolf and i worked on this in the 1980's and 1990's, on america's subway. i'm glad he's on the floor. i thank him for his leadership, mr. van hollen, mr. moran, mr. oberstar we thank you as well

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Carolyn McCarthy: for your assistance. bill layman was from florida, he was chairman of the transportation subcommittee. bill lehman used to call this america's subway. i tell the gentlelady from north carolina,

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Carolyn McCarthy: i don't know whether she's left, i appreciate her remarks, but it is america's subway. it's in the nation's capital. 18 knoll 22 million americans from outside this region ride it as they

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James L. Oberstar: visit their nation's capital. the employees who come into this city work for our nation, not for the state of virginia or the state of maryland or even the district of columbia but for our

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Speech By: James L. Oberstar