Wednesday, April 26, 2006

Taylor Says "No" to Flight 93

CITIZEN-TIMES.com: STATE:
"Apr 25, 6:54 PM EDT

North Carolina congressman blocks Flight 93 Memorial

By KIMBERLY HEFLING
Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Family members of those killed on United Flight 93 are urging a North Carolina congressman to lift his hold on funding for a memorial planned for the Pennsylvania site where the plane crashed on Sept. 11, 2001.

Nearly a dozen family members are scheduled to meet with their members of Congress on Wednesday to encourage them to sign a letter that asks Rep. Charles H. Taylor, R-N.C., to support $10 million for the project.

It was not clear if they would also meet with Taylor.

Taylor, chairman of the Appropriations subcommittee that oversees the Interior Department, has blocked millions in funding for the project in the last two years, and has expressed opposition to funding it when it comes up again before his committee May 3, said John Scofield, the House Appropriations Committee spokesman.

The White House has requested $5 million for the nearly 1,700-acre site in remote western Pennsylvania as part of a larger spending bill. . .(read on)"

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