[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9293]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     COMPROMISE FOR THE GOOD OF ALL

  (Mr. WALZ of Minnesota asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WALZ of Minnesota. Mr. Speaker, tonight we saw what's possible. 
When we come together and know that the good of the American public, 
their will, if it is worked in this House as it has for 236 years, as 
we began to deliberate and try and move forward on what helps the 
American public, bringing in our differences, debating, and at times 
passionately debating what we feel, but at the end of the day 
understanding the ultimate goal is what strengthens and moves this 
country forward; and I think tonight, in seeing an agreement on a 
bipartisan motion to instruct, just asking us to do the public's work, 
get a transportation bill done, put people back to work, build our 
highways, bridges, and infrastructure necessary to move people safely 
back and forth, but also to move goods to compete in the 21st century, 
it's not that big a lift. We can do it in a safe, efficient, and modern 
manner, and we can pay for it in a responsible way. The American public 
are willing to invest in America. They're simply asking us to do it 
smartly and do it in a way that compromises for the good of all.
  I'm incredibly proud, as always, of this deliberative body. We have 
the ability to move it forward.

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