August 2nd, 2007
11:07 AM ET
11 years ago
Reid: Country needs to look at infrastructure
WASHINGTON (CNN) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, said Thursday that the Minneapolis bridge collapse should be a “wake-up call” for the country.
“We have all over the country crumbling infrastructure - highways, bridges, dams - and we really need to take a hard look at this,” said Reid.
In addition to being the “right thing to do,” Reid also said that repairing infrastructure was “good for America.” “For every billion dollars we spend in our crumbling infrastructure, 47,000 high-paying jobs are created,” added Reid.
The National Transportation Safety Board is sending a team to Minneapolis to investigate the cause of the bridge collapse.
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Country needs to stop wasting hundreds of
billions in Iraq and apply that money to defending our ports and borders and fixing our rotting infrastructure.
I knew you liberal morons would equate this that Bush sucks somehow.
Congressman, Senators and your local reps handle this type of stuff (exclusive of party) and in fact there was bridge work going on at the time.
In Mass we have tolls that were supposed to go way years ago, but have remained in place to COLLECT BILLIONS so we can SUPPOSEDLY pay for repairs.
Anyone drive in my state lately, the roads suck period.
The money is there, but gets misused by HACKS from BOTH side of the aisle.
Don't kid yourselves liberals that this is a Republican problem, BOTH of the do-nothing parties are accountable not for the bridge collapsing, but for wasting monies that could go to paying for upkeep and repairs being done.
To appease you losers, Bush is indeed and idiot, feel better?
I love the comparisons between the war and infrastructure. Seeing as how we are paying for the war with funds borrowed from China, would you have preferred we put ourselves in debt to fund the infrastructure?
Very Sad-our Congress held up funding for FaHA for two years 2005-2006 over pork, and increased retirement for themselves.
Florida now says that bids over 10% engineers estimates are non responsive. So more than $2 billion , bid and not awarded.
Cost's money to bid, a lot!
No wonder we spend so much on gasoline, sit in traffic most of our day.
We need to get rid of incompetant, layered, bureaucrats retireing in FL on our money! Then replaced by more stupid.
Why worry about bridges when we have saving Iraq?
Please vote locally, and nationally when you can.
Mike Young
I President Don want you to look at informationon for our budget of 2007 and review all the items our tax money is being spent on. I hope this format is readable, as it should be an eye opener. This is 163 items of in excess of 25,000 items.
Chamber Appropriation Bill Amount
and Project
House TTHUD $500,000
Renovate the Public Pool in Banning, California
House Labor-HHS $175,000
Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy
Senate Agriculture $1,000,000
Mormon Cricket & Grasshopper Activities in Utah
Senate TTHUD $800,000
National Women's Hall of Fame, Seneca Falls, New York
House TTHUD $500,000
Traffic Calming, Windermere, Florida
House Commerce $250,000
Montana World Trade Center
Senate Labor-HHS $1,000,000
Clinton School of Public Service, Little Rock, Arkansas. (WHY?)
House Labor-HHS $75,000 Arts Quest—The Banana Factory, Bethlehem,PA(WHY?)
House TTHUD $700,000
Parking Lot Repairs, Asnuntuck Community College, Enfield, Connecticut
House TTHUD $150,000
Mt. Zion Federal Credit Union, San Antonio, Texas
Senate Commerce $575,000
Detroit Renaissance, (Private Hotel in Downtown Detroit, WHY?)
House Agriculture $365,156
Potato Breeding, Aberdeen, Idaho
Senate Agriculture $842,000
Alabama Beef Connection
Senate Agriculture $227,000
Dairy Education in Iowa
House Agriculture $387,976
Manure Management Research, Ames, Iowa
House TTHUD $400,000 Signal/Intersection Improvement, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Senate Interior $250,000
Mother's Day Shrine Building, Grafton, West Virginia
Senate Agriculture $591,000
Montana Sheep Institute
House Agriculture $392,832
Citrus Waste Utilization, Winter Haven, Florida
House Interior $250,000
Capitol Music Hall, West Virginia
Senate Agriculture $573,000
Food Marketing Policy Center,Conn
Senate DC $350,000
National Council of La Raza, Washington DC
House TTHUD $250,000
Construction of a Park, Portland,IN
House TTHUD $500,000
Intermodal Parking Garage, Fitchburg, Massachusetts
House TTHUD $1,000,000
Xerox Area Road Improvements, Monroe County, New York
Senate TTHUD $200,000
Tom Green County Library, Texas
Senate Commerce $300,000
City of Columbus Train Depot
House Agriculture $603,409
Pecan Scab Research, Byron, Georgia
Senate Agriculture $587,000
Ohio-Israel Agriculture Initiative
Senate Agriculture $6,371,000
Wood Utilization Research in 10 States
House TTHUD $100,000
Signage & Streetscape Improvements, Fashion District Business Improvement District, Los Angeles, California
House TTHUD $300,000
Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center,CA
House Commerce $750,000
Fairplex Trade & Conference Center, Pomona, CA (privately owned)
House TTHUD $100,000
Convert the Coca-Cola Bottling Plant into a Culture & Arts Center, Romney, West Virginia
House Labor-HHS $50,000
Documents & Artifacts Relating to the Public Service of Sens. Francis Case & George McGovern, George & Eleanor McGovern Library, Dakota Wesleyan University, Mitchell, South Dakota
Senate Labor-HHS $250,000
Jazz Education Programs in Alaska Schools, Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, Washington, DC
Senate Labor-HHS $250,000
Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York, NY House Labor-HHS $200,000
American Jazz Museum, Kansas City, Mo
House Labor-HHS $100,000
Toledo Jazz Society, Toledo, Ohio
House Commerce $200,000
Oil Region Alliance of Business, Industry & Tourism
Senate Agriculture $350,000
World Food Prize
House Agriculture $628,843
Grape Genetics, Geneva, New York
Senate Energy & Water $500,000
Green Shingle Initiative, Tennessee
Senate TTHUD $2,500,000
Tongass Coast Aquarium, Ketchikan, Alaska
Senate TTHUD $750,000
Repaving the Battleship New Jersey Access Road (Clinton Street), NJ
House TTHUD $250,000
Paving of SD 34 East from Madison, SD House Agriculture $3,743,014
Formosan Termite, New Orleans, LA
House TTHUD $150,000
Demolish Abandoned Church, Raytown,MO
House TTHUD $500,000
4th Street Underpass, Monroe, Louisiana
Senate Energy & Water $1,750,000
Mine of the Future, New Mexico
Senate Agriculture $198,000
Horn Fly Research, Alabama
House TTHUD $250,000
Library Construction, Miami-Dade College, Florida
House TTHUD $400,000
South Valley Community Dental, Albuquerque, New Mexico
House TTHUD $450,000
Expansion of Southfield Road, Southfield, Michigan
House Labor-HHS $300,000
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati, Ohio
House Energy & Water $750,000
Sewer Project, Guernsey County, Ohio
House Commerce $300,000
Bronx Council, to Market Local Business Arts Initiatives
Senate TTHUD $800,000
Build a Cobb Performing Arts Centre, Cobb County, Georgia
Senate TTHUD $200,000
Build a Downtown Parking Structure, Provo, Utah
House Labor-HHS $200,000
National Teachers Hall of Fame, Emporia, Kansas
Senate TTHUD $200,000
Daly Mansion Preservation Trust
Senate Agriculture $232,000
National Wild Turkey Federation
House Labor-HHS $300,000American Ballet Theatre, New York, New York
House Agriculture $1,913,866
Bovine Genetics, Beltsville, Maryland
Senate Agriculture $495,000
Citrus Canker, Florida
House Labor-HHS $150,000
Fair Play, Girl Scouts of the USA, Washington, DC
House TTHUD $150,000
Greenpoint Manufacturing Design Center, Brooklyn, New York
House TTHUD $1,500,000Construction of the William Faulkner Museum, University of Mississippi
Senate TTHUD $400,000
Four Bands Community Fund, Eagle Butte, South Dakota
Senate DC $50,000
Youth Baseball Partnership with Payne Elementary School, Washington DC
Senate Labor-HHS $200,000
Monterey Bay Aquarium, California
House Interior $400,000
Tennessee Civil War Heritage Area
House Commerce $150,000
Local Business requirements & Improvements, Arthur Avenue Retail Market
House TTHUD $250,000
Construction of a Facility, Bogalusa, Louisiana
Senate TTHUD $1,000,000
Port of Anchorage Road Improvements, Alaska
Senate TTHUD $200,000
Hudson Valley Community College Model Automotive Dealership, Troy, New York
House TTHUD $250,000
Renovate the Diamond Bar High School Community Sports Field, Diamond Bar, California
House TTHUD $350,000
Streetscape Improvements & Off-Street Parking, Valdosta, Georgia
House TTHUD $500,000
Bridgeview Bridge Bike Path, Michigan
House Commerce $1,000,000
Southern & Eastern Kentucky Tourism Development Association
House Labor-HHS $300,000
Play It Smart Program, National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame, Morristown, New Jersey
Senate Labor-HHS $750,000
Ed Roberts Campus, Berkeley, California
Senate TTHUD $200,000
Development of the Performing Arts Centre, Temple, Texas
House Interior $75,000
Tom Custer House, North Carolina
Senate Commerce $300,000
Central Alabama Woman's Business Center
House TTHUD $400,000
Pedestrian Trail Extension, Hammond, Indiana
House Interior $8,754,000
Water System, Death Valley National Park, California
House Interior $100,000
Gold Bug/Meagher House, California
House Labor-HHS $150,000
History Museum of East Otter Tail County, Perham, Minnesota
House Commerce $50,000
Community Development, Out-of-Doors Program, Bronx, New York
House Commerce $50,000
Economic & Community Development, Thorpe Family Residence, Bronx, NY
House TTHUD $500,000
Renovate the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library, Hyde Park, NY
House TTHUD $500,000
Next Generation Hybrid Electric Transit Bus, Broome County, New York
House TTHUD $100,000 Mac Arthur Park, Los Angeles, California (Drug hangout, 100% Hispanic area)
House Labor-HHS $100,000
Youth For Tomorrow, Bristow, Virginia
House Interior $200,000
Opera House Theater, Texas
House Interior $250,000
Maverick Concert Hall, New York
House Interior $100,000
Brown Mansion, Kansas
Senate Labor-HHS $500,000
Sister to Sister—Everyone Has a Heart Foundation, Washington, DC
Senate Labor-HHS $200,000
Western Folklife Center, Elko, Nevada
House TTHUD $150,000
Brays Bayou Hike & Bike Trail, Houston, Texas
House TTHUD $1,500,000
Sawyer County Airport, Wisconsin
House TTHUD $500,000
Belleville Road & Ecorse Road Intersection, Michigan
House TTHUD $250,000
Convert the Strand Theater Arts Center Into a Performing Arts Center, Plattsburgh, New York
House TTHUD $500,000 WAMC
Northeast Public Radio, Albany, NY
House Interior $50,000
Spencer Ice Plant, West Virginia
House Interior $200,000
W.A. Young & Son's Foundry, Penn
Senate Interior $250,000
Forsyth, Georgia City Hall
House Labor-HHS $100,000
Cyber Seniors, Detroit, Michigan for the Experience Senior Power Program
House Labor-HHS $100,000
Olweus Bullying Prevention Program, Tri-County Educational Service Center, Wooster, Ohio
House TTHUD $200,000
Buses, Gainesville Florida
House TTHUD $180,000
Recreational Park Road, Kentucky
House TTHUD $50,000 White Plains Youth Sports Complex, Calhoun County, Alabama
Senate TTHUD $3,000,000
Carson City Freeway-Phase 2, Nevada
House TTHUD $300,000
Pedestrian Walkway/Streetscaping, Ellenville, New York
Senate TTHUD $200,000
Construct a Multi-Generational Recreation Facility in North Las Vegas, Nevada
House TTHUD $200,000
Franklin Streetscape, West Virginia
Senate Labor-HHS $140,000
Sports Done Right, University of Maine
House TTHUD $3,225,000
Bus Replacement, Detroit, Michigan (City owned?)
Senate Labor-HHS $250,000
Carnegie Hall, New York, New York
House TTHUD $50,000
Field Improvements, Fairfax County,VA
House TTHUD $400,000
Chassahowitzka Refuge Access Road Improvement, Florida
House TTHUD $250,000
Alpine Traffic Relief Route Study in Texas
Senate TTHUD $750,000
Acquisition of the Ward Cove Cannery Property, Craig, Alaska
Senate TTHUD $200,000
Hawaii Nature Center, Honolulu, Hawaii
House TTHUD $500,000
Rehabilitate Kapiolani Boulevard & Atkinson Drive, Hawaii
House TTHUD $50,000 Community Theater Renovations, Lineville, Alabama
House TTHUD $100,000
Industrial Park Development, Birmingham, Alabama
House TTHUD $600,000
Isanti Bike Trail, Cambridge, Minnesota
House TTHUD $150,000
12th &14th Avenue Road Reconstruction, Madawaska, Maine
Senate TTHUD $200,000
Stadium Theatre, Woonsocket, RI
House TTHUD $250,000
Construct a Business School at Shenandoah University, Winchester, VA House TTHUD $1,500,000
Pinellas Bicycle Trail Extension, FL
Senate TTHUD $200,000
Historic Plaza Theatre, Laredo, Texas
House TTHUD $1,000,000
State Street Improvements, Madison,WI
House TTHUD $450,000
Regional Bus Replacement, San Diego Co, California
House Commerce $800,000
JARI for a Regional Business Incubator
Senate Interior $250,000
Polish American Cultural Center,PA
House Labor-HHS $125,000
National Museum of Industrial History, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
House Interior $150,000
John Henry Historical Park, WV
House TTHUD $1,000,000
Diley Road Improvements, Pickerington, Ohio
Senate Agriculture $300,000
Medusahead Research, Burns, Oregon
House TTHUD $400,000
Shaw Road Extension, Puyallup, WA
House Labor-HHS $100,000
Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, for its National Summer Teacher Institute
House TTHUD $100,000
Community Center Construction, Marin County, California
House Labor-HHS $300,000
Guam Memorial Hospital, Tamuning, Guam
House Energy & Water $1,000,000
City of Orrville Water Main Replacement
House TTHUD $800,000
Devils Lake Airport, North Dakota
Senate Commerce $400,000
City of Pascagoula Economic Development
Senate Interior $500,000
Beaver Creek Watershed Restoration Project, Knox County, Tennessee
Senate TTHUD $200,000
Providence Performing Arts Center,RI Senate Agriculture $361,000
Center for Rural Studies, Vermont
House Labor-HHS $650,000
Virtual Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, Lubbock
Senate Interior $150,000
Big Timber Carnegie Public Library, MT
House TTHUD $450,000
Demolition of a Structure in Fort Dodge, Iowa
House Interior $450,000
Automobile National Heritage Area
House TTHUD $1,700,000
Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Recreation Trail, Delaware
House TTHUD $500,000
Construct a Multipurpose Athletic Facility at Crafton Hills College, Yucaupa, California
House Labor-HHS $100,000
PRONTO of Long Island, Inc., Bayshore, New York
House TTHUD $250,000
Ossian Park, Fairfax County, Virginia
Senate Agriculture $150,000
Shellfish Genetics, Oregon State University
House Commerce $350,000
National Center for Community Renewal
Senate Interior $250,000
Grand Opera House, Iowa
House Labor-HHS $75,000
‘‘Building Foundations’’ Project, Women’s Center of Beaver County, PA Senate TTHUD $300,000
Reconstruction of the Robert Frost Farm, New Hampshire Dept. of Resources & Economic Development
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