[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 41 (Wednesday, March 20, 2013)]
[House]
[Pages H1642-H1643]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              RYAN BUDGET

  (Mr. DeFAZIO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. DeFAZIO. Yesterday, I discussed the American Society of Civil 
Engineers' scorecard. Our infrastructure is failing--it got a D-plus--
costing us lost productivity and wasted fuel. Now, we need to deal with 
that problem, but there is an even bigger problem looming, which is the 
already inadequate levels of investment in our infrastructure are about 
to end.
  The Ryan budget takes us from a $40 billion investment in our 
crumbling roads, bridges, and highways to $100 million--$40 billion, 
$100 million. Transit: $10 billion to zero. That's right. The Ryan 
budget cuts our investment--that's already inadequate--in 
infrastructure from $50 billion a year to $100 million. That's about 1 
million jobs lost in addition to the accelerated deterioration of the 
system.
  That can't be a serious proposal. This isn't a serious budget. It's 
balanced on phony premises. Anybody believe we're going to go to zero 
spending and abandon Federal investment in our roads, bridges, 
highways, and transit systems? And if they believe that, that's even 
crazier than the numbers in this budget.

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  The Democratic budget continues those investments and makes certain 
we will invest in the future of America.

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