Speech #750216777

I understand there Is a toll bridge company that does not have enough money to complete its bridge. and the purpose of this amendment is to make it obligatory on the State and the Federal Government to build the approaches. to build the sanitary facilities and other needed facilities for this particular toll bridge company. I have eight toll bridges in my district between the State of Texas and Mexico. Under the terms of the congressional act authorizing the construction of those bridges the bridge companies must build their own facilities. must build their own approaches. must provide facilities for the United States Customs and Immigration Services and Public Health Service. Under the terms of the provision in this bill the State and the Federal Government are to build those facilities for this toll bridge. also sanitary facilities. If you want the Government to go into this kind of business. to bail out toll bridges. have it. but if you are going to do that. let us be fair enough to give these tollbridge companies who have performed these services an opportunity to reimburse them for the money they have expended. and not confine it to those bridge companies that are not able to complete their own bridges.