[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 184 (Wednesday, October 20, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H5706]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  COME TOGETHER ON INFRASTRUCTURE BILL

  (Mr. COHEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. COHEN. Madam Speaker, I just had to come back. I was leaving and 
saw the lady's speech on the TV, and I had to come back.
  If prices have gone up in New Mexico and the country, a large part of 
the reason why prices have gone up is because of the pandemic, because 
people have been sick and out of work. That has caused the supply 
chains to back up and other things.
  She didn't count in that, because of Joe Biden, people have gotten 
$300 a child per month to help pay for those goods, and because of 
actions by mostly the Democratic Caucus, sometimes bipartisan, but 
mostly the Democratic Caucus, they got stimulus checks and other 
benefits. So they have come out on top.
  What people should not forget is that we need to vote for the 
bipartisan infrastructure bill that has 17 Republicans on it from the 
Senate.
  I have broken with my Progressive Caucus to vote for it because it 
creates jobs, and it is the right thing for America. My Republican 
colleagues should break from their caucus and commit to vote for the 
bipartisan infrastructure bill, too.
  If you are not for Build Back Better, that is your business. It is 
your business on infrastructure, but infrastructure is bipartisan. The 
Senate made it bipartisan. And I broke with my Caucus and my sub-
caucus, and other people will, too, to vote for it.
  Build Back Better is fine, but you should break and vote for the 
infrastructure bill. That is something we should get together on.

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