[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11400]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                             INFRASTRUCTURE

  (Mr. CARNEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. CARNEY. Mr. Speaker, if you drive down Interstate 95 in my home 
State of Delaware right now, you will see license plates from up and 
down the Northeast corridor that are crawling at a snail's pace. As a 
result of structural damage, a bridge that carries 90,000 cars a day is 
closed until after Labor Day.
  In Delaware, we are feeling the importance of investing in our 
Nation's infrastructure firsthand. It is critical for public safety, 
but it is also important for commerce, tourism, and our quality of 
life. Just as important, building roads and bridges creates jobs for 
workers right here in America.
  If Congress does nothing, the highway trust fund won't have enough 
money to pay its bills come the end of the summer. That is the source 
of money that pays for building and repairing roads and bridges all 
throughout the country. Finding the funds to fix our Nation's crumbling 
infrastructure will not be easy, but putting it off is not an option.
  I urge my colleagues to find the political will to fund the highway 
trust fund and ensure that our Nation's infrastructure reflects our 
21st century needs.

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