[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 169 (Tuesday, September 28, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H5467]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             IT IS TIME TO DELIVER INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTIONS

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from 
Nevada (Mrs. Lee) for 5 minutes.
  Mrs. LEE of Nevada. Mr. Speaker, I rise today because, believe it or 
not, yet again, it is infrastructure week here.
  For decades, our country has been calling for investment to bring our 
infrastructure into, not just the future, but at this point, the 
present.
  For months, we have been meeting, both Democrats and Republicans, to 
get this bill to work for all of us. Now, it is time to take action and 
pass it for the American people. The stakes could not be higher.
  Nevada, where I am from, has been ground zero for this pandemic. We 
are ground zero for the effects of climate change. But, more 
importantly, we are ground zero for the promise and the economic 
opportunities in this bill.
  Roads, bridges, access to broadband, electric vehicles, electric 
buses, clean energy, water solutions for the West, all of this is 
needed and all of it will benefit my State and every corner in this 
country. That is why we have to put politics aside, come together, and 
pass this legislation now.
  I came to Congress because I was tired of the bickering and the 
dysfunction and the gridlock. I was tired of politics as usual.
  Safer roads and bridges, these are not partisan political issues. We 
have the opportunity to pass these investments for every single 
American and create millions of good-paying jobs and strengthen our 
recovery and get our economy back on track. The time to deliver 
solutions is now.

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