[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Page 22555]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         TRAGEDY IN MINNEAPOLIS

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, with regard to the tragedy in 
Minneapolis, our colleagues, Senators Coleman and Klobuchar, are either 
there or on the way there today to not only extend their condolences to 
their constituents who have been impacted by this but to be as helpful 
as possible as they go forward with the rescue mission.
  I am reminded of the situation in my State, where the Ohio River goes 
along the northern border of Kentucky, almost for the entire State, and 
then when it empties into the Mississippi, it goes southward--the same 
river over which the Minneapolis bridge collapsed.
  We have bridges all along both the Ohio and the Mississippi. Bridge 
construction and safety has been a big issue in the Commonwealth of 
Kentucky in recent years.
  I share the concerns of the majority leader about reports of the 
state of our infrastructure in America. We all pray for the victims of 
the Minneapolis tragedy. It may well serve as a reminder of our need to 
be ever aware of the dangers that confront our infrastructure in this 
country.

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