[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 127 (Friday, August 3, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1717-E1718]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2007

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                               speech of

                           HON. JERRY WELLER

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, August 1, 2007

  Mr. WELLER of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, during the last set of votes 
last evening, I unintentionally voted against the conference report on 
H.R. 1495, the Water Resources Development Act of 2007.
  I ask that it be put into the permanent record that I fully support 
the passage of the conference report and ask that my vote be

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changed in the record from a ``nay'' vote to a ``yea'' vote.
  For the 11th Congressional District that I represent as well as for 
all of Illinois, passage of this legislation is of the utmost 
importance. WRDA contains instructions at my request for the Army Corps 
of Engineers to carry out studies and projects within my district at 
LaSalle and at Ballard's Island in the Illinois River. The conference 
report also contains the critical updating of the lock and dam system 
on the Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers, vital to Illinois farmers 
and exports.
  In closing, I want to commend Chairman Oberstar and Ranking Member 
Mica for producing a good bipartisan bill again and I am hopeful that 
this year we can finally get this bill to the President for his 
signature.

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