[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 121 (Wednesday, July 1, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H2993]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SUPPORTING THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL
(Mr. CARTWRIGHT asked and was given permission to address the House
for 1 minute.)
Mr. CARTWRIGHT. Mr. Speaker, I want to raise my voice in support of
H.R. 2, the Moving Forward Act.
I want to congratulate Chairman DeFazio. He has been working on this
for a long time. This is the infrastructure bill that we have been
waiting for. He has followed what my father advised me to do as a young
boy: If you are going to do something, do it right. And it is a
wonderful bill.
This is something that will repair our crumbling roads and bridges in
this country, expand transit and commuter rail, repair and rebuild
schools, make childcare facilities safer, deliver broadband to the
entire country, reclaim abandoned mines, save affordable housing units,
provide access to safe drinking water and good sewer systems, and put
more energy into the grid. This is something that this entire Nation
needs.
It is time for us to come together and fulfill this promise to the
American people to rebuild and reinvest in our American infrastructure.
It is the Moving Forward Act, H.R. 2. Let's all vote ``yes'' on that
bill.
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