Emanuel Cleaver: “I want to address two issues in H.R. 5576, the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, Judiciary and…”

“I want to address two issues in H.R. 5576, the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, Judiciary and District of Columbia Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (TTHUD) that are of great interest to the Fifth District of Missouri: first, the need to redesignate funds in the SAFETEA-LU program to address critical traffic problems along a stretch of highway known as ``Death Valley,'' and second, the woefully inadequate resources for housing and community development. Let me begin by thanking Chairman Joe Knollenberg and Ranking Member John Olver both of the House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation and Chairman Don Young and Ranking Member Jim Oberstar both of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure for all of their hard work on this measure. I know it is through their efforts that we have this bill and I will have the opportunity to help my district fix an alarming problem. I prepared a very simple amendment to make a technical correction to redesignate funds, and alleviate traffic at one of the most dangerous intersections in Missouri's 5th Congressional District: the intersection of M-291 Highway and Courtney Road in Sugar Creek, Missouri.…”