House Proceeding 10-22-09 on Oct 22nd, 2009 :: 0:59:15 to 1:02:15
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Bart Stupak: the committee, members to continue to ensure that safe and well-being of passengers on cruise ships is maintained. yield time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves the balance of her time. the gentlemafrom florida. mr. diaz-balart: continue to reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman continues to reserve. the gentlewoman from california.

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Speech By: Bart Stupak

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Bart Stupak: ms. matsui: mr. speaker, i yield three minutes to the gentleman from michigan, mr. stupak. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan is recognized. mr. stupak: thank you and i thank the gentlewoman for yielding. i rise in support of the rule in support of h.r. 3619, the coast guard re-authorization act. i'd like to thank my colleague from minnesota, chairman oberstar, and his staff for their hard work on this bill.

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Bart Stupak: michigan's first congressional district borders three of the five great lakes and contains 1,613 miles of shore line. more than any other congressional district in the continental united states. the coast guard is not only the largest military area and a key defender of the great lakes, but it is also of utmost importance to securing commerce routes and assisting in navigation. i'd like to address a few provisions in the bill.

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Bart Stupak: first, the bill recognizes the need for a coast guard presence on the great lakes by authorizing $153 million for new great lakes icebreaker. during the winter months, 17 million tons of commerce move through the great lakes and icebreakers play an important role i open. ice breaking capacity on the great lakes has dropped dramatically over the past few years.

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Bart Stupak: coast guard in michigan was decommissioned after 60 years of service. the canadian government also recently decommissioned two of its icebreakers on the great lakes without replacing them. without a sufficient cutter present, the island community, businesses and individuals that rely on the great lakes shipping are put at risk. it's critical that congress provides the funding for a new

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Bart Stupak: coast guard cutter and ensure the coast guard keeps its responsibility on the great lakes. secondly, i appreciate that section 1323 of the bill includes the authority to transfer the old coast guard facility and surrounding five acres in marquette, michigan, to the city. in 2008 the city of marquette sold 1.5 acres of lake superior water front property to the

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Bart Stupak: coast guard for $1 to construct a new facility. the city also committed $170,000 to reroute bike trace, make roadway improvements and make infrastructure improvements in order to prepare the property for a new coast guard facility. in exchange, an agreement was reached between the city and the coast guard to transfer land that was then occupied by the coast guard to the city upon

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Bart Stupak: completion of the new facility. in august, 2009, coast guard moved into the new facility. as such remediation of the old should be done by the coast guard without delay. however, remediation is not scheduled until fiscal year 2013. i hope the chairman and the coast guard will work with me and the city of marquette to see that remediation is completed in a more timely manner.

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Bart Stupak: the city generously lived up to its end of the deal and we must ensurehe coast guard does the same. i also appreciate the inclusion of a provision that will facilitate a land transfer between the coast guard and the cornerstone christian academy of