[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 155 (Friday, November 7, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S12042]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               CAPITAL AREA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY GALA

 Mr. ABRAHAM. Mr. President, today, I rise to commemorate the 
people of the Capital Area Transportation Authority [CATA] on the 
opening of the new CATA Transportation Center in Lansing, MI. Such an 
undertaking is the result many individuals in the community having 
dedicated a great portion of their time and talent toward seeing this 
idea become a reality. I, along with the citizens of Lansing and the 
surrounding communities, join in thanks for the work of CATA in 
offering such a tremendous public transportation service and for the 
ensuing impact on the quality of life for citizens in the surrounding 
areas.
  I would like to take this opportunity to thank my Senate colleagues 
for their support of my request for earmarked funding for the CATA 
Transportation Center. In 1996, our request for $3 million in funding 
was granted and, in the following year, another earmark for $1.2 
million also became a reality.
  Mr. President, on behalf of the U.S. Senate, allow me to give a 
heartfelt thanks to those at CATA for their hard work and dedication 
toward making the great State of Michigan even greater.

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