[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 114 (Wednesday, June 30, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H3313]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                  NOW IS THE TIME TO INVEST IN AMERICA

  (Mr. HIGGINS of New York asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. HIGGINS of New York. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of the 
INVEST in America Act.
  This bill makes long overdue investments in the Nation building here 
at home and would deliver for my community in Buffalo and western New 
York.
  It includes funding to convert the historic DL&W train station into a 
multiuse transportation hub. It supports the transition of a North 
Tonawanda highway near the Erie Canal into a walkable neighborhood. And 
it will transform an abandoned rail line in Buffalo into the vibrant 
Riverline trail.
  The INVEST in America Act will add more than $400 million in annual 
funding to New York to fix bridges and roads, an increase of over 30 
percent.
  This bill does not, however, fix neighborhoods destroyed by highway 
building in the decade of the 1950s. We need to do more to restore 
those communities in those neighborhoods that were destroyed many years 
ago.
  Now is the time to invest in America.

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