[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 197 (Thursday, November 30, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H6030]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             CELEBRATING HUDSON RIVER TUNNEL GROUNDBREAKING

  (Mr. PAYNE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate the groundbreaking 
of the country's most important infrastructure project, the Hudson 
River Tunnel.
  Officials are about to start construction of a new Tonnelle Avenue 
Bridge. It will help connect New Jersey to a new Hudson River Tunnel.
  The benefits of the Hudson River Tunnel project are numerous. It will 
create more than 72,000 jobs, generate more than $87 million per month 
for local communities, and utilize American suppliers and manufacturers 
through the Buy America requirement. It will increase opportunities for 
minority-, women-, and veteran-owned businesses on the project. In 
addition, it will create a faster, more effective means of 
transportation for 200,000 daily commuters.
  I fought to include $66 billion for projects such as this one in the 
bipartisan infrastructure law, and I am proud that my work will finally 
result in a new Hudson River Tunnel.

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