[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 22 (Thursday, March 3, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: March 3, 1994]
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                           SNOW AND POTHOLES

  Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I would note that the usual degree of panic 
has been expressed by the local governments and media and so on because 
they had, I think 2, maybe even 3 inches of snow--something we refer to 
as a dusting back home, unless it happens in July. I have heard a lot 
of stories, even editorials, saying the weather is terrible here.
  I think one might justifiably ask the local governments if they could 
take a day or so to actually teach people how to remove snow. It is 
absolutely ridiculous.
  I will not go into the usual bit about people who come barreling down 
the road, thinking they can stop on ice or snow, because that is 
obvious, and they have the car repair bills to prove it. I will not 
comment upon the District of Columbia using an outmoded way of repaving 
their streets. Something that has been turned down by every other city 
in the country is used here because, I guess, of a historic affinity 
for potholes.
  I think the only way I could compliment those who are supposed to 
keep our streets clean is to say that they are very religious people. 
They have an abiding faith--faith that if God put the snow there, God 
and God alone will take it away. Because, God knows, they are not going 
to.

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