HR 535 - United States Congress; avoid wasteful projects; request

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A RESOLUTION requesting that the United States Congress avoid wasteful, unnecessary, and unwise projects; and for other purposes.

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03/05/2009House Second Readers

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House Resolution 535
By: Representative Wilkinson of the 52nd

A RESOLUTION


Requesting that the United States Congress avoid wasteful, unnecessary, and unwise projects; and for other purposes.

WHEREAS, the United States Congress has passed and President Barack Obama has signed legislation known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 as a way to stimulate the American economy and create new jobs for American workers; and

WHEREAS, a significant percentage of the funds authorized by this act are targeted toward creating jobs through investments in transportation and other infrastructure projects; and

WHEREAS, one reported project seeking funding includes a so-called "Mob Museum" in Las Vegas, Nevada, which is an obvious waste of taxpayer dollars; and

WHEREAS, even such projects as the O'Hare Modernization Project, which purports to solve delays at the nation's second busiest airport, may seem like quality infrastructure investments, but close examination reveals that the project does not fix key choke points at the existing terminal, lengthens the time and distance that airplanes must taxi, increases the number of aircraft taxiing across active runways which creates safety risks, and requires travel times estimated at 45-60 minutes from the main terminal to the new terminal; and

WHEREAS, this project, referred to as "The Runway to Nowhere," has failed to obtain funding from local, state, and federal sources based on a review of the project's merits, and the airlines serving O'Hare Airport have called the plan ill-conceived and premature.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of this body request that the Georgia congressional delegation carefully review all proposed projects to ensure that any taxpayer dollars authorized and appropriated for transportation infrastructure meet strict economic competitiveness standards based on improving mobility for the American public.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the the members of this body request that the Georgia
congressional delegation oppose efforts to build projects like the so-called "Mob Museum" and the so-called "Runway to Nowhere."

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to each member of the Georgia congressional delegation.