[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13706]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                     NEW TRAIN STATION FOR BUFFALO

  (Mr. HIGGINS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. HIGGINS. Mr. Speaker, western New York is experiencing a 
resurgence that was unimaginable 10 years ago. We have reclaimed our 
waterfront, generated thousands of jobs in the life sciences, and will 
soon be the largest supplier of solar panels in the Western Hemisphere.
  But still there is much work to be done. The Buffalo-Exchange Street 
Amtrak station is, in terms of function and aesthetics, the worst in 
the State and among the worst in the entire Nation. It is currently 
closed because the ceiling collapsed. This is a station that is not in 
keeping with a city that is on the rise.
  Yesterday, I asked the New York State Department of Transportation to 
begin planning for a new station at our bustling Canalside district or 
our historic Central Terminal.
  If we act quickly to produce a plan for a new, state-of-the-art train 
station that is shovel-ready, we will position Buffalo to benefit from 
a much-needed investment in infrastructure throughout the Nation.

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