[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 76 (Thursday, June 5, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1141-E1142]
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                 SALUTING NEW YORKERS WHO SUPPORT ISTEA

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                        HON. MAURICE D. HINCHEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, June 5, 1997

  Mr. HINCHEY Mr. Speaker, I would like to rise today to applaud and 
thank a group of bicyclists from New York State who I had the pleasure 
of meeting with yesterday. They had

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biked from Hastings, NY, to Washington, DC, to demonstrate their 
commitment to alternative transportation--most especially to the 
bicycle and pedestrian provisions which are currently contained in the 
intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act [ISTEA].
  I especially want to salute one of my constituents, Dave Gordon, who 
was injured on the bike ride to Washington. Because of his injury, Dave 
could not complete his mission, but I for one do not doubt his 
commitment to a cleaner environment and to transportation alternatives. 
We need more people like him in this world.
  Mr. Speaker, because of the example and fortitude of these bicyclists 
I would like to urge all of my colleagues to seriously consider 
renewing our commitment to transportation alternatives and to a cleaner 
environment, for ourselves and for future generations, as we debate the 
reauthorization of ISTEA this summer.

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