[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 135 (Saturday, November 20, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Page S11683]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



       Why don't we just rename the tunnel after SpongeBob 
     SquarePants? Absorbent and yellow and porous is he--just like 
     the tunnel.

  I think that is pretty much of a high point or low point of my 
selective reading from articles from the Boston Globe and the Boston 
Herald and the Associated Press.
  Mr. President, in summary, this is a serious situation. I do not 
believe the taxpayers of America should pay any more money in this 
effort. No funds have been recovered from Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff, 
although the Turnpike Authority and the Commonwealth have filed suit 
against the joint venture.
  I hope we can get this cleared up as soon as possible. I would assume 
next year the Commerce Committee will have additional oversight 
hearings on this issue. This is not a good day for the taxpayers of 
America.

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