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3 <br /> ment of almost 1,000,000 'daily shipments of hazardous <br /> materials by all modes of transportation and oversees the <br /> safety and security of 2,200,000 miles of gas and haz- <br /> ardous liquid pipelines, which account for 64 percent of <br /> the energy commodities consumed in the United States; <br /> Whereas the National Railroad Passenger Corporation annu- <br /> ally provides more than 25,000,000 people with intercity <br /> rail service; <br /> Whereas over the next 5 years, 8 airfield projects, .including <br /> 5 runways, 2 runway extensions, and 1 airfield reconfig- <br /> uration, will be commissioned providing some of the busi- <br /> est airports in the Nation with the potential to accommo- <br /> date .more than 400,000: additional annual operations, <br /> while decreasing the average .delay per operation at these <br /> airports by approximately. 2 ;minutes;, <br /> Whereas in the report of the Department of Transportation <br /> entitled "2006 Status of `the ~IVaton's Highways, Bridges, <br /> and Transit: Conditions- &; Performance", the Depart- <br /> ment confirms that investment in the Nation's highway, <br /> bridge, and transit .infrastructure has not kept up .with <br /> growing demands on the system; <br /> Whereas in that report, the -Department of Transportation <br /> found that to maintain highway,; bridge, and transit net- <br /> . works, governments at all levels would need to invest <br /> $94,600,000,000 per year for each of the next. 20 years, <br /> and to improve highway, bridge, _ and transit networks <br /> that level of investment would kneed to increase to <br /> $153,700,000,000 per year, and <br /> <br /> Whereas public works professionals are observing National <br /> Public Works Week from. May 20 through 26, 2007: <br /> Now, therefore, be it <br /> •IiRES 352 RH <br /> <br />