[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 114 (Wednesday, June 30, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H3315]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           AMENDMENTS 87 AND 89 TO THE INVEST IN AMERICA ACT

  (Ms. CASTOR of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. CASTOR of Florida. Madam Speaker, there is good news. The 
Congress intends to invest in America through passage of a landmark 
surface transportation and infrastructure package. This is what 
President Biden challenged us to do, and we will follow through.
  It also comes one year after the House Select Committee on the 
Climate Crisis made landmark recommendations to solve the climate 
crisis and expand clean energy through a clean energy action plan to 
cut greenhouse gas pollution, to reach net zero as soon as possible, 
follow the science, improve our health, and make our communities more 
resilient to costly climate fuel disasters.
  Madam Speaker, over the past year, we have already passed 250 
recommendations here in the House and turned 100 of them into law. But 
now we are going to build on that progress through the INVEST in 
America Act.
  It is the most climate-forward transportation bill in the history of 
the Congress with record investment in public transit and rail; 
investments to make roads and bridges more resilient; record investment 
in electric vehicle charging stations, pedestrian and bicycle trails; 
progress on environmental justice, clean air, and clean water.
  This is good news, indeed.

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