[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8763]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




      PASS THE TRANSPORTATION BILL AND PUT AMERICANS BACK TO WORK

  (Mr. COHEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. COHEN. Much emphasis has been put on the deficit and that we do 
need to deal with the deficit. But at the same time, one way to deal 
with it is to stimulate the economy. There's no better way to stimulate 
the economy than a transportation bill that repairs our infrastructure, 
puts people to work here in America, and improves the ability of 
industry to move its product and for consumers to get product. Yet the 
transportation bill that's been passed in the House and passed in the 
Senate--differing bills--is stuck in a conference committee.
  We need to pass a transportation bill and put America back to work 
with American-made products by American workers. My city of Memphis is 
a transportation center. We know highways and runways move product and 
move people and make sense. So I urge our leaders to see that the 
conference committee comes back, doesn't have extraneous provisions, 
and does what is necessary to put America back to work and passes the 
highway bill.

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