[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 69 (Thursday, May 8, 2014)]
[House]
[Pages H3951-H3952]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   SOLVENCY OF THE HIGHWAY TRUST FUND

  (Ms. KUSTER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. KUSTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to express my continued 
concerns about the highway trust fund, which is projected to reach a 
critically low level in July, right in the middle of the busy summer 
construction season.
  This funding is essential to projects in New Hampshire, and we simply 
cannot let the highway trust fund run out of money. It would cost us 
jobs, jeopardize public safety, and hurt our economy.
  That is why I am introducing a bill to ensure that the highway trust 
fund

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remains solvent for the remainder of this fiscal year. This will 
provide certainty to our States and businesses and allow Congress time 
to pass a full 6-year reauthorization of surface transportation 
programs.
  My bill, the DRIVE Now Act, will do this, while increasing 
efficiencies in the government and reducing the deficit. Congress must 
invest in infrastructure and pass a long-term reauthorization of 
transportation programs.
  To ensure that the highway trust fund doesn't run dry this summer, I 
urge the House to pass my commonsense legislation.

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