House Proceeding on Jun 11th, 2008 :: 2:13:53 to 2:17:52
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Speech By: Michael N. Castle

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Michael N. Castle: the private sector. but he worked hard over the years to try to make this happen. to mr. oberstar, to ms. brown, mr. shuster, to everyone who made this day possible and staff, i thank you

2:13:53 to 2:14:04( Edit History Discussion )

Eleanor Holmes Norton: for your hard work and good efforts. reserving the balance of my time . the chairman: the gentleman continues to reserve. mr. mica: how much time do i have? the chairman: the gentleman has

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Speech By: Eleanor Holmes Norton

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Eleanor Holmes Norton: 6 1/2 minutes remaining. the gentleman from minnesota. has one minute remaining. mr. oberstar: i will close out our side ifif the gentleman -- mr. mica: is it possible for me to yield two

2:14:14 to 2:14:34( Edit History Discussion )

Eleanor Holmes Norton: minutes to ms. johnson. the chairman: the gentleman yields -- yes. it is -- mr. mica: i want to be sure i do everything by the yields. mr. oberstar: he can yield directly to ms. johnson. the

2:14:34 to 2:14:50( Edit History Discussion )

Eleanor Holmes Norton: chairman: the gentlewoman from florida will yield two minutes to the distinguished gentlelady from texas. the gentlelady is recognized for two minutes. ms. johnson: thank you very much, mr.

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Eleanor Holmes Norton: speaker. let me express my appreciatn to mr. mica. for the time. at the outset i'd like also to express my congratulations to our chairman, mr. oberstar, the rail subcommittee chairwoman,

2:15:07 to 2:15:19( Edit History Discussion )

Eleanor Holmes Norton: ms. brown of florida, for their good works on the bill. and mrs. mr. shuster and mr. mica. it is a good bill that will have an immediate impact on improving the mobility of americans all across

2:15:19 to 2:15:31( Edit History Discussion )

Eleanor Holmes Norton: the country. i particularly like to thank chairman oberstar and congresswoman brown for working with me to include a provision that requests the secretary to examine the feasibility of

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Eleanor Holmes Norton: expanding the south central rail corridor to houston, texas. and passenger rail lures america's fuel consumption because it's more energy efficient than both cars and airplanes. inner city

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Eleanor Holmes Norton: passenger rail consumes 21% less energy per passenger per mile than automobiles, and 17% less energy per passenger miles than airlines. passenger rail also reduces global warming because

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Eleanor Holmes Norton: it cuts in half the carbon dioxide impact per passenger over cars and airplanes. meaning that expanding passenger rail will reduce global warming. the average inner city passenger rail train

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Eleanor Holmes Norton: produces 60% lower gashon dioxide emissions perfect -- carbon dioxide emissions per automobile. and 50% for an average airplane. this bill is not only good energy policy, it is also good transportation

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Eleanor Holmes Norton: policy. inner city passenger rail is an increasingly necessary alternative to highway and air travel. as congestion grows in many regions of the country, for example amtrak removes eight

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Eleanor Holmes Norton: million cars from the road each year. at a time when gas prices continue to skyrocket, the demand by commuters and other travelers for cost efficient public transportation systems including passenger

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Eleanor Holmes Norton: rail is growing rapidly. this critical bill will help meet this growing need and i urge my colleagues to support this sound bipartisan piece of legislation. i yield back the balance of my time.

2:17:04 to 2:17:18( Edit History Discussion )

Eleanor Holmes Norton: the chairman: the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentleman from florida. mr. mica: how much time remains, mr. chairman? the chairman: the gentleman has 4 1/2 minutes remaining. mr. mica:

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Eleanor Holmes Norton: is there request for any time from any other members? i don't see any on our side. s am i allowed to give mr. oberstar 2 1/2 minutes or ree minutes? the chairman: the gentleman may yield

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Eleanor Holmes Norton: to mr. oberstar his remaining 2 1/2 minutes specifically for mr. oberstar. mr. mica: let me just conclude by again thanking folks. around this place it's a very difficult -- it's very difficult

2:17:52 to 2:18:08( Edit History Discussion )

John L. Mica: to bring new ideas forward. i have said in the past that sometimes trying to get a new idea through congress is like giving birth to a porcupine. i can't say that this has been the easiest task

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Speech By: John L. Mica