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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- 
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A 
title=senator@mikulski.senate.gov 
href="mailto:senator@mikulski.senate.gov">senator@mikulski.senate.gov</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=kenneth.chrane@verizon.net 
href="mailto:kenneth.chrane@verizon.net">kenneth.chrane@verizon.net</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, June 18, 2012 3:12 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> The Transportation Reauthorization Bill</DIV></DIV>
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<P class=Normal-P><SPAN class=Normal-H><SPAN 
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN 
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New">Dear Mr. Chrane:</SPAN></SPAN> </P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New"></SPAN></SPAN> </P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 36pt" class=Normal-P><SPAN class=Normal-H><SPAN 
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New">Thank you for writing </SPAN><SPAN 
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New">to express your support for the Moving Ahead 
for Progress in the 21</SPAN><SPAN 
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super"><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: smaller">st</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN 
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New"> Century Act (S. 1813), also known as the 
Transportation Reauthorization bill.</SPAN><SPAN 
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New">  It's great to hear from 
you.</SPAN></SPAN> </P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New"></SPAN></SPAN> </P>
<P class=Normal-P><SPAN class=Normal-H><SPAN 
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN 
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New">On March 14, 2012, the Senate passed S. 1813 by 
a vote of 74-22.  I was proud to vote for this bill </SPAN><SPAN 
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New">because</SPAN><SPAN 
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New"> the best way to put Americ</SPAN><SPAN 
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New">ans back to work is by making </SPAN><SPAN 
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New">long-term investment</SPAN><SPAN 
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New">s</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New"> 
in our nation's infrastructure. </SPAN><SPAN 
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New">S. 1813</SPAN><SPAN 
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New"> </SPAN><SPAN 
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New">would save</SPAN><SPAN 
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New"> 1.8 million jobs, while </SPAN><SPAN 
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New">also creating 1 million new jobs</SPAN><SPAN 
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New">.  In Maryland alone, this 
bill </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New">would create</SPAN><SPAN 
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New"> </SPAN><SPAN 
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New">10,000 new jobs. </SPAN><SPAN 
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New">At a time when many Americans are struggling to 
find work</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New"> and families 
are </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New">cut</SPAN><SPAN 
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New">ting</SPAN><SPAN 
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New"> co</SPAN><SPAN 
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New">sts and making difficult 
choices, </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New">it is more important 
than ever for Congress to find ways to work together and achieve 
results.   S. 1813 puts Americans back to work and gets the economy 
back on track, and I'm thrilled that the Senate was able to work across party 
lines and act in the best interests of the American people.</SPAN></SPAN> </P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN 
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New"></SPAN></SPAN> </P>
<P class=Normal-P><SPAN class=Normal-H><SPAN 
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN 
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New">This bill is also critically important to 
fixing our nation's crumbling infrastructure. 700,000 bridges in the U.S. are 
structurally deficient.  50% of our country's roads are in need of serious 
repair.  In Maryland, 759 bridges are currently in need of restoration and 
repairs.  This is simply unacceptable.  These </SPAN><SPAN 
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New">problems need to be addressed, 
and </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New">S. 1813 provides states 
with the resources they need to tackle these issues and keep </SPAN><SPAN 
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New">people </SPAN><SPAN 
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New">safe. </SPAN></SPAN> </P>
<P class=Normal-P><SPAN class=Normal-H><SPAN 
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New"></SPAN></SPAN> </P>
<P class=Normal-P><SPAN class=Normal-H><SPAN 
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New">I 
am </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New">also </SPAN><SPAN 
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New">proud to ha</SPAN><SPAN 
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New">ve supported this legislation</SPAN><SPAN 
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New"> because </SPAN><SPAN 
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New">it creates </SPAN><SPAN 
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New">Federal safety standards for Metro systems 
nationwide.  On June 22, 2009, we were shocked and horrified when a Red 
Line metro train struck another train, killing 9 people and injuring 50 
more.  Since this tragic accident, I have worked tirelessly to reform the 
Metro to ensure that nothing like this ever happens again.   After the 
2009 crash, I introduced the first ever bill to give the Federal Transit 
Administration the authority to establish and enforce national safety standards 
for </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New">mass transit</SPAN><SPAN 
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New">.  Later that year, I chaired an 
aggressive oversight and funding hearing on Metro.  In 2010, I worked 
closely with Senators Menendez and Cardin to introduce new metro safety 
legislation.  Metro systems need nationa</SPAN><SPAN 
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New">l safety standards, and I am </SPAN><SPAN 
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New">happy that S. 1813 includes language to 
establish them.  This legislation gives the Secretary of Transportation 
authority to establish and enforce safety standards, and allows federal funding 
for safety improvements.  This is a huge step forward in our 
on-going </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New">effort to reform our 
nation's mass transit </SPAN><SPAN 
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New">systems, and I want to assure you that I will 
not rest until the Metro is safe and reliable for everyone who rides it and 
everyone who works on it.</SPAN></SPAN> </P>
<P class=Normal-P><SPAN class=Normal-H><SPAN 
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN 
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New"></SPAN></SPAN> </P>
<P class=Normal-P><SPAN class=Normal-H><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New" 
class=normal-h1-h1-H></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New">S. 
1813</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New"> </SPAN><SPAN 
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New">is a great example of what we can 
acco</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New">mplish when we work 
together. </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New" 
class=normal-h1-h1-H>This legislation creates millions of jobs, boosts our 
economy, and helps to restore our aging infrastructure.  It increases 
public transit safety, encourages environmental protection, and reduces our 
dependence on foreign oil. </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New" 
class=normal-h1-h1-H>This is smart funding in Maryland's highways and byways, 
ports and bridges that is laying the ground work for our future.  With this 
bill, we are standing up for hundreds of thousands of jobs across Maryland and 
across our country.</SPAN></SPAN> </P>
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<P class=Normal-P><SPAN class=Normal-H><SPAN 
style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New" 
class=normal-h1-h1-H>Thanks once again for writing.  Please do not hesitate 
to contact me if I can be of any assistance in the future.</SPAN></SPAN> 
</P></DIV><BR><FONT size=3 face="Courier New">Sincerely, <BR>Barbara A. 
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