[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 114 (Wednesday, June 30, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H3312]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            TIME TO STEP UP

  (Mr. CARTWRIGHT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. CARTWRIGHT. Madam Speaker, I am thrilled that, this week, we 
bring up the INVEST in America Act, part of Joe Biden's American Jobs 
Plan, something that we have been waiting for for many years.
  We have had infrastructure week after infrastructure week. We 
actually have a real one this week because we will be voting on the 
INVEST in America Act, something that will invest $700 billion into 
America's roads, bridges, tunnels, rail systems, water systems, and 
sewer systems, things that the Greatest Generation handed down to us. 
They came back from World War II after all the suffering and all the 
losses, and they sucked it up and actually contributed more.
  All of these investments in American infrastructure that happened 
after World War II, we have been disinvesting in those things. It is 
time for us to step up to the plate and invest in America with the 
INVEST in America Act.
  Let's get it done, and let's do it on a bipartisan basis. We all need 
to invest in our great Nation.

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