[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9585]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                 AMERICA'S HIGHWAY AND TRANSIT PROGRAMS

  (Mr. CLEAVER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CLEAVER. Mr. Speaker, unless we act now, the highway and transit 
programs will expire in a few days, endangering our roads, bridges, 
transit systems; and everyone who uses them will experience a decline 
in what they view as America.
  So I would like to list the reasons we need to move quickly to pass a 
highway bill that is not simply an extension. One, we must raise 
America's standing in the world of infrastructure from 24th place to 
first. Three months ago, the Senate passed a responsible, bipartisan 2-
year transportation bill that would save or create 2 million jobs. We 
have 2.2 million construction and manufacturing workers out of work; 
$1,060 is how much we could save each family in transportation costs if 
we could come to an agreement. H.R. 7 was called by my friend Secretary 
LaHood ``the most partisan transportation bill that (he had) ever seen, 
the worst transportation bill.''
  Mr. Speaker, I have more points. I will try to get them in later.

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