[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 9 (Thursday, January 13, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H182]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  DEMOCRATS DELIVER ON INFRASTRUCTURE

  (Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia. Madam Speaker, I rise to announce it is 
finally infrastructure year for Georgia's Fifth Congressional District.
  I have seen firsthand how the infrastructure bill will transform the 
entire Fifth Congressional District in Georgia. To share just a few 
projects: We are going to repair crumbling bridges in the city of South 
Fulton; extend the Peachtree Creek Greenway in Brookhaven; make Forest 
Park a more pedestrian-friendly city; and maintain Hartsfield-Jackson's 
title as the world's busiest airport. We are delivering for the people.
  I am especially proud that the infrastructure bill includes the 
Reconnecting Neighborhoods Program, based on legislation that I wrote. 
This program will reconnect neighborhoods like the Sweet Auburn 
district that was intentionally divided by the construction of Federal 
interstates.
  This is a matter of racial justice because far too often, it was 
Black neighborhoods that were divided. I have met with community 
leaders to hear what they need from the program, and I will continue to 
be their voice in Washington as they build back better.

  And I almost forgot. While we are making these decades-overdue 
investments in infrastructure, we are going to also create millions of 
good-paying, union jobs. Democrats have delivered for the Fifth 
District and our country, and we are not done yet.

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