[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 79 (Tuesday, May 15, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H3958]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          INFRASTRUCTURE WEEK

  (Mr. PAYNE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, this week is Infrastructure Week. With every 
day that passes, the need for Federal infrastructure investment grows 
more and more urgent. Robust and reliable infrastructure is the 
foundation for economic success and security. But for too long, the 
United States has underinvested in our infrastructure.
  Today our bridges, our roads, our tunnels, our canals, and even our 
dams are crumbling. It is so bad that the American Society of Civil 
Engineers gives our Nation's infrastructure a grade of D. That is 
really a shame.
  All across this great country, our constituents are begging us to 
rebuild America's infrastructure. Instead of that, the President has 
put forth a plan that will sell off Main Street to Wall Street and his 
rich friends.
  Mr. Speaker, that is not going to work for the American people. My 
colleagues and I have a trillion-dollar plan that will rebuild bridges 
and roads. It would fix our airports and schools, and it would put 16 
million people to work.
  That is what the American people deserve.

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