[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 85 (Wednesday, June 16, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7096-S7097]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                THE ENERGY AND WATER APPROPRIATIONS BILL

  MR. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I rise to thank the chairman of the 
Energy and Water Subcommittee on Appropriations, Senator Domenici, for 
agreeing to an amendment I offered to restore $25 million of money for 
the Lackawanna River levee raising project in Lackawanna County, near 
Scranton, PA. That is a critical project to the people in Greenridge 
and the Albright Avenue sections of Scranton, who have suffered 
immeasurable loss in prior floods, which is a chronic problem in the 
Lackawanna River area. All of Lackawanna and the counties in 
northeastern Pennsylvania have had terrible problems with flooding. 
This is a critical project and one I have to commend Congressman Joseph 
McDade for his work, before he left here, in getting that money.
  I just cannot tell you how much I appreciate Senator Domenici's 
willingness to restore that money into this bill so we can tell the 
people up in Scranton that money will be there, that money is there to 
raise the levee, to prevent the damage that could be caused by future 
high waters on the Lackawanna River.
  I know it was a very difficult thing for Senator Domenici to do. I 
again want to tell him how much I appreciate his willingness to do 
that. I know Senator Specter was on the floor here a couple of days ago 
expressing a similar concern, so I think I can speak for Senator 
Specter. We are both very grateful the Senator has agreed to restore 
that money so we can tell the people

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up in Scranton that money will be there, the levee will be built, and 
there will be money in the pipeline and it will be available whenever 
that money is needed to raise that levee.

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