[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 121 (Wednesday, July 1, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H3045]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             ADDRESSING INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS IN OUR COUNTRY

  (Mr. PANETTA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PANETTA. Madam Speaker, I am proud to have supported H.R. 2, the 
Moving Forward Act.
  This comprehensive infrastructure package will make clean energy 
investments, create more affordable housing, and improve broadband 
across the United States.
  I am proud that H.R. 2 included many of my bills, including the green 
bus tax credit, so that Monterey-Salinas Transit and Santa Cruz METRO, 
in my district, can get their fleets of zero-emission buses on the 
roads and also my Clean Energy Production Parity Act to support linear 
generators manufactured in California.
  H.R. 2 also includes my amendments to increase the Reforestation 
Trust Fund for more job-creating environmental infrastructure and to 
give greater flexibility to communities using EDA funding so that we 
can better target Federal funding for economic recovery projects.
  It is past time to address the infrastructure needs of our country. 
That is why I urge my colleagues in the Senate to, hopefully, take up 
and pass H.R. 2, so that we can continue to move our country forward to 
meet the challenges of tomorrow.

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