[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 135 (Tuesday, September 13, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H6105]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       SUPPORT AMERICAN JOBS ACT

  (Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in 
strong support of President Obama's American Jobs Act. As a senior 
member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, I am 
especially glad to see that the President has maintained his unwavering 
commitment to modernizing America's infrastructure. Our roads, bridges, 
highways, and transit systems support millions of jobs throughout the 
country that are crucial to strengthening our economy.
  The establishment of a national infrastructure bank is a bipartisan 
proposal that I have been a strong proponent of for many years. More 
recently, I have learned that my senior Senator is also very 
supportive. This bank would leverage private and capital funds to 
invest in infrastructure projects of a national significance. It's 
public and private partnerships like this that make our country 
succeed, and we need more of them. I urge all of my colleagues to 
support this bipartisan measure.
  God bless the troops, God bless America, and God bless the Members of 
the people's House to rise above partisanship and be bipartisan in 
addressing the people's problems.

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