[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10723]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          INVESTING IN AMERICA

  (Mr. LARSEN of Washington asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. LARSEN of Washington. Mr. Speaker, later today the House will 
take up a bill that is key for jobs now and for opportunity for the 
future.
  First, we cannot have a big league economy with little league 
infrastructure. The transportation bill will do more to create jobs 
through public investment than any other piece of legislation that this 
House has passed in the last 18 months. It puts thousands to work 
repairing roads, bridges and highways, and maintaining our transit 
systems.
  Second, this bill creates opportunity for the future by stopping a 
devastating interest rate hike on loans students take to pay for 
college. College affordability is a necessary step for creating 
opportunity for the future. The bill sends a clear message to college 
students everywhere that America will invest in you.

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