Senator Garcia asked and was granted unanimous consent to make a statement and moved that the statement be printed in the Journal.
The motion prevailed.
Senator Garcia's statement is as follows:
I am the sponsor of this resolution to express the Senate's support for a grant of $1 million from the Federal Highway Administration for the development of a passenger railcar service between Ann Arbor, Brighton, and Howell. As you know, I represent Brighton and Howell. I also happen to travel the U.S. 23 corridor quite often. My son goes to the University of Michigan, and I get down to the southeast portion of the state a fair amount. This highway, U.S. 23, experiences a tremendous amount of traffic, both in the morning and in the evening, and there is no viable alternative route. So what this would do is provide an opportunity of rail service, giving alternate means of transportation for people who are traveling to and from Brighton and Howell down to Ann Arbor.
I think it would behoove this body to support this resolution so that we can get the Federal Highway Administration to give us this grant.