Adam Schiff: “Mr. Chairman, I urge a yes vote on the amendment which passed in prior years on a bipartisan voice vote. My amendment…”

“Mr. Chairman, I urge a yes vote on the amendment which passed in prior years on a bipartisan voice vote. My amendment would extend that ban for one additional year. The 4.5 mile freeway extension would cost more than $1.5 billion-- with 80 percent of the cost federally funded. In lieu of the 710 freeway extension, which would deliver speculative traffic benefits at a cost far too high to the communities I represent, I encourage the support of local surface traffic mitigation measures proposed by experts in the communities of Pasadena, South Pasadena and El Sereno. In addition to $10.3 million in state funds I secured from Caltrans for local congestion relief, Congress has set aside $46 million in federal funds for these measures that will significantly and expeditiously relieve congestion in the extension corridor in Pasadena, South Pasadena, El Sereno and Alhambra.”