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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>In other words, cars win the day.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Mike<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> cccnfbw-bounces@nfbnet.org [mailto:cccnfbw-bounces@nfbnet.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>goldbeckjm@comcast.net<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, December 03, 2011 8:07 PM<br><b>To:</b> County, Clark<br><b>Subject:</b> [Cccnfbw] {Disarmed} Transportation Funding Issue<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Hello Fellow Federationists,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>I wanted to share with you a response I received from our local member of Congress regarding a transportation funding issue.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:14.0pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Julie Goldbeck<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center id=zwchr></span></div><p style='margin-bottom:14.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>From: </span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>"Representative Jaime Herrera Beutler" <WA03JB@mail.house.gov><br><b>To: </b>goldbeckjm@comcast.net<br><b>Sent: </b>Friday, December 2, 2011 1:52:33 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Responding to your message<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img width=100 height=100 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:~WRD000.jpg" alt="Description: Image removed by sender."></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=700 style='width:525.0pt'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=normal-p align=center style='text-align:center'><span class=normal-h1><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></span> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=normal-p align=center style='text-align:center'><span class=normal-h1><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></span> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=normal-p align=center style='text-align:center'><span class=normal-h1><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></span> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=normal-p align=center style='text-align:center'><span class=normal-h1><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></span> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=normal-p align=center style='text-align:center'><span class=normal-h1><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></span> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=normal-p align=center style='text-align:center'><span class=normal-h1><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></span> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=normal-p align=center style='text-align:center'><span class=normal-h1><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>December 2, 2011</span></span> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=normal-p align=center style='text-align:center'><span class=normal-h1><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></span> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=normal-p><span class=normal-h1><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></span> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=normal-p><span class=normal-h1><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></span> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=normal-p><span class=normal-h1><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Dear Julie,</span></span> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=normal-p><span class=normal-h1><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></span> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=normal-p-p><span class=normal-h1-h><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Thank you for contacting me about increasing public transportation options. It is an honor to represent the people of Southwest Washington, and I appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts with me.</span></span> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=normal-p-p><span class=normal-p-h1> </span> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=normal-p-p><span class=normal-h1-h><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Folks in Southwest Washington continue to share stories with me about how the high cost of gas is affecting their families' budgets and family businesses. High energy prices have forced many people in our region to start looking at alternative transportation methods like public transportation. I believe it is important for state and local governments to be able to determine what kinds of transportation options meet their individual region's unique needs. </span></span> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=normal-p-p><span class=normal-p-h1> </span> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=normal-p-p><span class=normal-h1-h><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>At this time the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is still working on legislation that would reauthorize transportation programs. As a member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, I am working to make sure any transportation funding bill will give local governments the freedom to determine what kind of transportation and infrastructure best meets their local needs. </span></span> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=normal-p-p><span class=normal-p-h1> </span> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=normal-p-p><span class=normal-p-h1><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I value your opinion on these challenging issues, </span></span><span class=normal-h1-h><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>and I will keep them in mind as Congress continues to work on the 2012 budget. </span></span> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=normal-p-p><span class=normal-p-h1> </span> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=normal-p-p><span class=normal-h1-h><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Thank you again for contacting me on this important issue. I invite you to visit my website at </span></span><span class=normal-p-h1><a href="http://www.herrerabeutler.house.gov/" target="_blank"><span class=hyperlink-h1><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>www.HerreraBeutler.house.gov</span></span></a></span><span class=normal-h1-h><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> for additional information or to sign up to be kept up to date on these issues. Please do not hesitate to contact me if I can ever be of assistance.</span></span> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=normal-p><span class=normal-h1><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></span> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=normal-p><span class=normal-h1><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></span> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>Sincerely,<br><span style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img border=0 width=100 height=100 id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:~WRD000.jpg" alt="Description: Image removed by sender."></span><br>Jaime Herrera Beutler<br>Member of Congress<o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>