House Proceeding on Sep 5th, 2007 :: 2:36:19 to 2:39:13
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Speech By: Peter Welch

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Peter Welch: in 3 1/2 months on our nation's highways than we t have had killed in all u.s. aviation accidents combined since the wright brothers flied in 1903 . more porning i want to commend the authorize

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Lynn A. Westmoreland: -- more importantly i want to commend the authors of this legislation because we need to do everything we can to call attention to the record of teen drivers and raise the awareness of teenagers as to

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Speech By: Lynn A. Westmoreland

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Lynn A. Westmoreland: how dangerous our nation's highways can be. according to the most recent statistics by the national highway safety administration, our safest drivers, contrary to what a lot of people believe,

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Lynn A. Westmoreland: our safest drivers are those 75 and over. the second safest group of drivers are those 65 to 74. the 75 and over age group has 2.5 accidents per 10,000 drivers. that compares to the 16 to 20

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Lynn A. Westmoreland: group which has 13.3%, 13.3% per 10,000 drivers. it's an amazing statistic as to how dangerous teenage driving is and how safe our older drivers are. i just wanted to say that i rise in strong

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Lynn A. Westmoreland: support of this legislation. this resolution on teen driver safety week. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore:ea the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from vermont.

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Charles W. Dent: mr. welch: i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance ce of his time. the gentleman from georgia. mr. westmoreland: i have no further speakers. i

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Speech By: Charles W. Dent