[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 173 (Thursday, October 31, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H8682]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       LIMOUSINE SAFETY STANDARDS

  (Mr. TONKO asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TONKO. Madam Speaker, this month marked the painful anniversary 
of one fateful afternoon in Schoharie, New York, when 20 precious souls 
were lost in the preventable crash of a limousine that should never 
have been allowed on the road.
  The families of those lost--many from my hometown of Amsterdam, New 
York--the families of eight young people devastated by the Cutchogue 
crash on Long Island in 2015, and countless others touched by these 
preventable tragedies have raised their voices to demand action.
  Last week we introduced bipartisan legislation that answers their 
call. It is important, I believe, to respond to that call and to that 
request. The SAFE Limos Act, the Take Unsafe Limos Off the Road Act, 
and the End the Limo Loophole Act have responded to them with great 
sensitivity.
  I thank my friend, Antonio Delgado, for joining me in sponsoring this 
lifesaving legislation, and I thank our colleagues on both sides of the 
aisle who have signed on in support. These commonsense measures will 
save lives and ensure that this never happens to another family.
  Madam Speaker, I urge this body to raise our Nation's limousine 
safety standards without delay.

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