House Proceeding 10-29-07 on Oct 29th, 2007 :: 1:54:42 to 1:58:37
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1:54:42 to 1:54:53( Edit History Discussion )

John T. Salazar: is agreed to, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from colorado is recognized. mr. salazar: i move to suspend

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Speech By: John T. Salazar

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John T. Salazar: the rules and pass the bill h.r. 3224, as amended, to amend the national dam safety program act to establish a program to provide grant assistance to states for the rehabilitation, repair of

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John T. Salazar: deficient dams. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: union calendar number 240, h.r. 3224, a bill to amend the national dam safety program act

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John T. Salazar: to establish a program to provide grant assistance to states for the rehabilitation and repair of deficient dams. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from colorado, mr.

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John T. Salazar: salazar, and the gentleman from arkansas, mr. boozman, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from colorado. mr. salazar: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members

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John T. Salazar: may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and to include extraneous material on h.r. 3224. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. salazar: mr. speaker, i yield

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John T. Salazar: myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. salazar: mr. speaker, many people are not aware that there's approximately 80,000 dams in the united

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John T. Salazar: states. and of these the association of state dam safety officials has identified 3,500 dams that are considered deficient or unsafe. in my state of colorado we have over 1,800 dams. of those 131 are

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John T. Salazar: high hazard public dams and an additional 19 dams are defishents. the state has determined they are in serious need of repair. without proper maintenance, these dams are an obvious threat to public

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John T. Salazar: safety. it is critical that we help to ensure that the safety and security of these dams. h.r. 32224 introduced by myself and the gentleman from new york, mr. randy kuehl, is a bill that

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John T. Salazar: does help to ensure such safety and security by addressing rehabilitation and repair of safety deficient state-owned dams. this bill is direct, quite simple, and will go a long way to mitigate

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John T. Salazar: significant hazards to our communities. first, the bill has deficient dam and rehabilitation to the definition section of the dam safety act and thus makes this category of dams eligible for funding

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John T. Salazar: for rirblings. -- rehabilitation. second, the bill directs the administrator of fema to establish within fema a program to provide grant assistance for states in use of rehabilitation of publicly

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John T. Salazar: owned deficient dams. the grants will be awarded so that each state will get an equal share of the 1/3 of the total amount. while the remaining 2/3 will be awarded by risk. the federal cost

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John T. Salazar: share is capped at 65%. the program's goal is to reduce the risk to life and the property and -- and property by establishing effective national dam safety rehabilitation program that utilizes

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John T. Salazar: the resources and expertise of the federal and nonfederal communities to achieve the reduction of dam safety hazards. in other words, one of the primary purposes of the dam rehabilitation and repair

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John T. Salazar: act of 2007 is to provide financial assistance to the states for strengthening their dam and safety programs. mr. speaker, i support this bill and urge its passage. i reserve the balance of my time.

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John T. Salazar: the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. for what purpose does -- the gentleman from arkansas, mr.fr boozman, is recognized. mr. boozman: thank you. thank

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John T. Salazar: you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. boozman: h.r. 3224 amends the national dam safety program act to establish

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John Boozman: a program to provide grant assistance to states for the rehabilitation and repair of deficient dams. i would like to commend commongman randy kuehl for his steadfast leadership on this issue -- congressman

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Speech By: John Boozman