[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3812]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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           BICYCLING ADVOCATES OFFER POSITIVE MESSAGE OF HOPE

  (Mr. BLUMENAUER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the hundreds of 
cyclists, parents, business people, and especially bike industry 
leaders who flooded Capitol Hill this week with a message of bike 
partisanship. They were addressing the issues found on the front page 
every day in our newspapers about what would happen if we made it 
easier to use the most efficient form of urban transportation ever 
designed. It would make a huge difference to the health of our 
families, dealing with traffic congestion and air pollution, and reduce 
the tyranny of our addiction to oil if we burned more calories and less 
fossil fuel.
  It is also big business. Billions of dollars are made from the sales, 
service, manufacturing, and bike tourism. And most important, it makes 
our communities more livable, our families safer, healthier, and more 
economically secure.
  Thank you, cycling advocates, for your positive message of hope. I 
hope that it found receptive ears here on Capitol Hill.

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