Bachmann Responds to Falsehoods Spread About Her St. Croix Bridge Legislation
Today, after Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (MN-06) introduced legislation to move the proposed St. Croix River Crossing forward, radical environmental groups immediately spread falsehoods and propaganda about her bill. Bachmann responded:
“This morning I introduced legislation on the proposed St. Croix River Crossing, desired and needed by the residents of Minnesota and Wisconsin. My clear and simple bill reads:
“Before environmental groups stalled this project in the courts, a new bridge was funded and ready to be built for $120 million. Now, the bridge cost has skyrocketed to a price tag of nearly $700 million. By holding up the project in the courts, these groups are directly responsible to the taxpayers for today’s cost. Instead of focusing on safety, job creation and the best interests of Minnesota, they are pushing their radical, political agenda. These groups and I may never agree on what the river crossing should look like, but I am calling on them to stop lying about my legislation.”
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“This morning I introduced legislation on the proposed St. Croix River Crossing, desired and needed by the residents of Minnesota and Wisconsin. My clear and simple bill reads:
To facilitate a proposed project in the Lower St. Croix Wild and Scenic River, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Section 1. St. Croix River Crossing Project. Construction of a four-lane highway bridge over the Lower St. Croix River, in accordance with the Section 7 Evaluation issued by the National Park Service in October 2005, is hereby deemed to be consistent with the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1271 et seq.).“There is no appropriation in this bill to fund this project. Period. But that didn’t stop radical organizations from claiming that I was requesting an earmark. It has also been claimed that my bill exempts the Lower St. Croix from the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. This is wrong. My bill points to the 2005 National Park Service decision stating the proposed four-lane bridge construction is consistent with the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.
“Before environmental groups stalled this project in the courts, a new bridge was funded and ready to be built for $120 million. Now, the bridge cost has skyrocketed to a price tag of nearly $700 million. By holding up the project in the courts, these groups are directly responsible to the taxpayers for today’s cost. Instead of focusing on safety, job creation and the best interests of Minnesota, they are pushing their radical, political agenda. These groups and I may never agree on what the river crossing should look like, but I am calling on them to stop lying about my legislation.”
Click here to view the legislation.
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