[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 121 (Wednesday, July 1, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H2992]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            SUPPORTING INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT FOR AMERICA

  (Mr. HIGGINS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. HIGGINS. Mr. Speaker, this afternoon, the House will vote to 
approve a $1.5 trillion transportation and infrastructure bill.
  This American nation-building program will be the largest in American 
history. The Public Works Administration of 1930s spent nearly $700 
billion in today's dollars. This building program will more than double 
that investment, creating millions of jobs in the construction trades, 
jobs in the supply and materials industry, and jobs in the engineering 
and design industries as well.
  The program is good for economic growth at a time when our Nation is 
desperate for economic growth. For every dollar invested in 
infrastructure, that investment returns $1.80, or an 80 percent return 
on investment, to the United States economy.
  The President and both political parties have promised a robust 
infrastructure investment. Now is the time to reconcile that rhetoric 
with action.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge approval of this bill.

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