[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 84 (Friday, May 14, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H2320]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          INFRASTRUCTURE JOBS

  (Ms. DEAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DEAN. Mr. Speaker, 22 million Americans lost their jobs during 
the pandemic. Slowly we have begun to rebuild, restore, and get back on 
track. Since President Biden has taken office, 1.5 million jobs have 
been created--the most jobs created in the first 100 days of any 
Presidency. Yet, as the April jobs report showed us, we must continue 
to take additional steps to get Americans back to work.
  There are more than 8 million jobs left to go. The American Jobs Plan 
is vital to rebuilding our community and our economy while protecting 
our planet. It is a once-in-a-century investment to create millions of 
good-paying jobs and to lay the foundation for extensive economic 
growth for the following decades.
  In my home State of Pennsylvania, our infrastructure earned a C-minus 
on its infrastructure report card. There is so much we can do. We need 
to safely upgrade Pennsylvania's roads and bridges, mass transit, 
ports, rail, broadband, and water supply.
  We have a chance here to make a generational investment and get our 
Nation back on track with the American Jobs Plan.

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