[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 143 (Tuesday, September 25, 2007)]
[House]
[Pages H10760-H10761]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                THE BATTLE AGAINST THE BRIDGE TO NOWHERE

  (Mr. KIRK asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KIRK. Mr. Speaker, we have won the battle against the Bridge to 
Nowhere.
  This $320 million federally subsidized structure would have been as 
long as the Golden Gate Bridge, standing 80 feet higher than the 
Brooklyn Bridge. It would have connected the mainland to an island, 
population 50, with no roads or stores.
  Last year, the House adopted the Kirk amendment, blocking all funding 
for the Bridge to Nowhere. It was a

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wise move to protect taxpayers. But the Senate said, no, and 
temporarily saved the bridge. House leaders of this Congress 
surprisingly backed the Bridge to Nowhere, but our arguments have 
finally won. Alaska has decided to block all funding for the Bridge to 
Nowhere. Following the collapse of the Minneapolis bridge, we now have 
additional funds to fix bridges in need of repair, and maybe return 
some of this money that was to be wasted to the American taxpayers that 
earned it.

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