[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 170 (Wednesday, September 29, 2021)]
[House]
[Pages H5515-H5516]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 INVESTING IN AMERICA'S INFRASTRUCTURE

  (Mrs. MURPHY of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. MURPHY of Florida. Madam Speaker, I rise in strong support of 
the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
  The Senate passed the bill with all 50 Democrats and 19 Republicans 
voting yes. Now, it is time for the House to follow suit. Then we can 
send the bill to President Biden, who played a critical role in 
crafting this legislation.
  In Congress, we have been talking about investing in America's 
infrastructure for decades, to the point that it has become a punch 
line. Now, we are finally on the cusp of taking action to match the 
rhetoric.
  Passage of this bill will prove the two parties can still work 
together in partisan times. It will show the American people their 
elected leaders can govern in a competent and constructive way, despite 
their differences.
  The bill will provide my home State of Florida with better roads and 
bridges, improved rail and bus options, modernized air and seaports, 
high-speed broadband, and clean drinking water. It will improve quality 
of life

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and create good-paying jobs, helping to diversify our economy and 
sustain our growing population.
  The bill will also make historic investments to combat climate 
change, an existential threat to our planet, our country, and the 
Florida way of life.
  I urge my Republican colleagues to abandon their cynical quest for 
political advantage and to vote for this good bill. I ask my Democratic 
colleagues to discard their ill-fated effort to gain leverage over 
members of their own party and to vote for this good bill.

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