[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 9 (Tuesday, January 20, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S292]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 61. Mr. MENENDEZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2 proposed by Ms. Murkowski (for herself, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. 
Barrasso, Mr. Risch, Mr. Lee, Mr. Flake, Mr. Daines, Mr. Manchin, Mr. 
Cassidy, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Portman, Mr. Alexander, and Mrs. Capito) to 
the bill S. 1, to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline; which was ordered 
to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION 
                   INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
       (1) the transportation sector accounts for 9 percent of the 
     gross domestic product of the United States;
       (2) in 2012, the transportation infrastructure of the 
     United States supported the shipment of 19,662,000,000 tons 
     of freight valued at $17,352,000,000,000;
       (3) in 2012, 12,547,000 people were employed in 
     transportation-related industries in the United States;
       (4) every dollar invested in the transportation 
     infrastructure of the United States returns $3.54 in economic 
     impact; and
       (5) every $1,000,000,000 in public infrastructure spending 
     creates 21,671 jobs.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) transportation infrastructure is essential to the 
     economy of the United States; and
       (2) increased Federal transportation infrastructure 
     investment could create millions of jobs and help businesses 
     grow.
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