[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 126 (Thursday, July 25, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H7446]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   WHERE IS OUR INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN?

  (Mr. ROSE of New York asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. ROSE of New York. Madam Speaker, in our first 200 days in this 
Congress, we have passed an incredible amount of legislation to root 
out corruption, protect healthcare, and combat the opioid epidemic.
  Unfortunately, most of it, though, has died in the legislative 
graveyard of the Senate at the hands of Mitch McConnell.
  Now, there have been rare moments, like the 9/11 Victim Compensation 
Fund, where we have managed to do the right thing.
  But as we prepare to go back for a month of work outside of these 
Chambers, I ask one simple question: Where is our infrastructure bill? 
Because my constituents at home are sick and tired of their commute; 
sick and tired of their bridges and their roads that are falling apart.
  So I put this question to each and every Member of the House, 
leadership in both parties, and the President himself.
  Let's get the job done. Let's pass a real infrastructure bill.
  And you know what? If the Republicans do not want to play ball, if 
they don't even want to sit at the table with us, then let's pass 
something out of this Chamber and put a very simple question to the 
Senate, a very simple question to the President of the United States: 
Whose side are you on?
  Are you on the side of the lobbyists, the corporate PACs, the 
wealthiest amongst us?
  Or are you finally on the side of the hardworking Americans that you 
try to speak to every few years during election season?

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