House Proceeding 10-14-09 on Oct 14th, 2009 :: 0:07:50 to 0:11:30
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Henry E. Jr.Brown: speaker, i yield as much time as he might desire to the gentleman from south carolina, mr. brown. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from south carolina is recognized. mr. brown: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank my good friend from arkansas, mr. boozman, for yielding and the gentlelady from support of this resolution. mr. speaker, while only 10 years

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Speech By: Henry E. Jr.Brown

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Henry E. Jr.Brown: old, the atlantic intercoastal waterway association, aiww, has become a strong voi representing the interest of commercial users by the atlantic intercoastal waterway by promoting the waterway as a vital marine highway along the coast, providing safe navigation for commercial and recreational vessels.

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Henry E. Jr.Brown: the association was organized in 1999 to address the navigational challenges of the atlantic intercoastal waterway and to encourage the continuation and further development of commerce and regular recreation on the aiww. at present the association has more than 200 members, large companies, shippers, portland facilities marks rinnas, dredging companies and others

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Henry E. Jr.Brown: with interests in t waterway. aiww was comple runs along the southeast coast of the united states from the north of virginia to key west, florida, and 1,088 miles. it was historically served as an important shelter from mariners from the stormy seas of the atlantic. since it runs parallel to interstate 95, the waterway has

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Henry E. Jr.Brown: a potential to come a major marine highway, serving a fuel efficient and economically alternative to congestive highways and rail lines. at every turn of traffic moves through a marine highway like the aiww, a ton of traffic that isn't going onto congested highway system. i have heard from shippers visiting my office that would

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Henry E. Jr.Brown: love to have a nonhighway shipping option. aiww connects all of the east coast ports, the potential of coastal traffic between these ports is significant and has the ability to have a major impact on smaller ports like georgetown in my district. in fact, if the aiww could be

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Henry E. Jr.Brown: developed as a marine highway, the south carolina state port authority has estimated that growth at georgetown could be more than 2 1/2 million tons of cargo a year. however, the waterway faces significant funding challenges. in south carolina alone the ar corps estimates that it will be $14.5 million in fiscal year 2010.

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Henry E. Jr.Brown: yet the administration has requested less than $800,000 for maintenance. indeed, to bring the entire terway up to standard and to keep it there will require over $100 million in investment. yet administration after administration continues to short change the aiww and their budget, barely getting enough money to control the mosquitos.

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Henry E. Jr.Brown: this is no way to treat such a valuable potential resource and i want to tip my hat to the aiwwa for their effort to showcase the potential for the waterway not just to the commuters that it touches but to the entire nation. i'm proud to support the waerway and will continue to fight to ensure that it not only

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Henry E. Jr.Brown: maintains but improves -- improve freight movement and open economic doors for communities along its banks. mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. mr. boozman: mr. speaker, i have no more speakers on the subject,

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Henry E. Jr.Brown: we do support the adoption of h.res. recognizing the atlantic intercoastal waterway association and the good work