[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 2]
[House]
[Pages 1626-1627]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    INVESTING IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE

  (Mr. PETERS of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. PETERS of California. Mr. Speaker, many will be hurt by the 
sequester, but San Diego will be hurt in particular. Today, I'm here to 
urge Congress to work together to find a bipartisan solution to 
sequestration.
  The Port of San Diego is our window to national and international 
commerce, as well as a main driver of our economy. The Port of San 
Diego is the fourth largest port in California, and one of 17 
commercial strategic ports in America, overseeing two maritime cargo 
terminals, two cruise ship terminals, and hundreds of maritime leases 
to small businesses.
  Since 2001, the port has received almost $22 million in Federal 
funding for critical infrastructure projects, which has allowed the 
port to hire more San Diegans and boost San Diego's economy. The 
American Society of Engineers found that with an additional investment 
of $15.8 billion between now and 2020, our national system of ports 
could provide $270 billion in U.S. exports and $697 billion in GDP.

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  Now is not the time to be cutting critical investments in our 
infrastructure. Let's work together to find a solution.

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