[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 136 (Sunday, August 1, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S5240]
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                         INVEST IN AMERICA ACT

  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I want to thank the majority leader and 
all of my colleagues. I want to mention two other things briefly.
  No. 1, Senator Tester, who has been intimately involved in this 
effort, could not be here with us to tonight, but he was with us all 
day and has been up with us for weeks and weeks.
  I do think it is really important--the base bill that we will be 
negotiating will be the EPW bill. That committee is chaired by Tom 
Carper from Delaware. He has a lifetime record, from the House to his 
time as Governor, to his time in the Senate, of always working in a 
bipartisan fashion. He has spent literally decades on infrastructure. 
He will be carrying the ball for the majority on this. We support him, 
and we commend him, and we wouldn't be here if he hadn't put together 
the kind of base bill that we were then able to build upon.
  With that, I yield the floor.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Utah.
  Mr. LEE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak for the 
duration of my remarks, not to be limited by 10 minutes.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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