David Weldon: “I commend him and the Ranking Member on this legislation and, in particular, for including funds for the widening of…”

“I commend him and the Ranking Member on this legislation and, in particular, for including funds for the widening of U.S. Highway 192. U.S. Highway 192 is a dangerous two-lane road that connects the south Orlando-Kissimmee-St. Cloud area with the coastal communities of Palm Bay and Melbourne, communities of about 250,000 combined. I became interested in the widening of this road when a physician colleague of mine lost his wife on this road when a truck crossed the midline and she was killed. Ever since then, my wife will not allow me to drive on this road with her at any time. Just last week, a truck crossed the midline. The driver was killed, closing the road, a major highway connecting two major areas in Florida, closing the road for a week because of herbicide that was spilled all over the road. Widening U.S. 192 is not pork. Widening U.S. 192 will save lives. It will be good for our communities. It will be good for the economy. I challenge those who would call this pork to come to my district and talk to the people who have to travel on this road, a road that should have been widened 10 years ago.”