[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 8585]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  TAMPA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FUNDING

  (Ms. CASTOR of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. CASTOR of Florida. Madam Speaker, last month when we worked with 
President Obama to adopt an economic recovery plan, our intent was to 
put people back to work. Well, the recovery plan is just now starting 
to work, and I'm very pleased to report that this week I joined the 
director of the Tampa International Airport to announce that $8 million 
from the recovery plan will come to the Tampa Bay area to reconstruct 
our fabulous airport. In particular, we are going to reconstruct a 
taxiway and begin construction on a new north terminal.
  Now, this is absolutely vital because the unemployment rate in my 
hometown now is about 10 percent. So when we can put folks back to 
work, the utilities, especially in the hard-hit construction sector, 
rebuilding this fabulous economic engine in my community, I know that 
it is going to have a ripple effect throughout my local economy.
  This is what's happening all across America. So as we recover and put 
people back to work, America will be stronger than ever before.

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