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“CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 2169, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1998” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Transportation was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E2023 on Oct. 21, 1997.
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CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 2169, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND
RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1998
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speech of
HON. JOSEPH P. KENNEDY, II
of massachusetts
in the house of representatives
Thursday, October 9, 1997
Mr. KENNEDY of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 2169, the Transportation appropriations conference report. I want to thank my colleagues on both sides of the aisle for providing
$1,000,000 to develop the Boston Urban Ring.
The Urban Ring will make public transportation more efficient around Boston. It will stimulate economic growth, and it will enhance the chances of persons on welfare to find jobs, by providing an efficient, inexpensive form of transportation for them to travel between home and work.
The Urban Ring will stimulate economic growth because it will create an affordable transportation system for all commuters to travel the Boston area without using their cars. The business community will be well served because the Urban Ring will expand the accessibility of its labor force. This will help businesses to increase redevelopment potential of underutilized or vacant land and buildings that were used in the region's older industrial economy.
The Urban Ring will help the chances of welfare recipients to find jobs. These days, many factories and businesses build their new facilities in the suburbs. But many welfare recipients live in the city. The Urban Ring will provide inner city residents affordable transportation to find jobs in the suburbs, and to keep those jobs.
Finally, I want to thank the conferees for providing $250 million for Amtrak's Northeast Corridor Improvement Program. Amtrak's passenger service contributes to cleaning up air pollution in my district. It reduces the number of cars on the road every day between Boston and New York by 27,000.
The Transportation appropriations conference report is fair and adequate, and it is a great help to the Boston area. I urge my colleagues to vote in favor of the conference report.
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