[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 15 (Wednesday, January 25, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H595-H596]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


CONGRESS MUST SPEND TRANSPORTATION TRUST FUNDS TO BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE 
                              FOR AMERICA

  (Mr. SHUSTER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. SHUSTER. Mr. Speaker, our transportation needs in America are 
increasing. Passenger travel on our highways is growing at a rate of 
about 3 percent a year. By the year 2000, not too far away, we will 
experience a 30-percent increase in freight travel on our highways.
  Also, Mr. Speaker, airline travel continues to grow. It has doubled 
in the past 12 years, from 250 million passengers a year to 540 million 
passengers this past year, and at a 4-percent growth rate in the next 
17 years, we will experience 1 billion passengers traveling on 
commercial airlines every year.
  We need to spend our highway and aviation trust funds to keep 
building infrastructure for America. These transportation trust funds 
are deficit 
[[Page H596]] proof. They are the keys to building for the future, for 
getting ready for the 21st century. Our transportation trust funds are 
the foundation upon which a more productive and prosperous America can 
be built.

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