[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11657]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   PASS EXTENSION OF THE HIGHWAY ACT

  (Mr. COHEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, while we were on break, the 58th anniversary 
of the interstate highway system was celebrated, and while there is a 
lot of discussion here in the House about different issues, there is 
nothing more important for this Congress to do than to create jobs for 
the American public. The best way to create jobs is to pass an 
extension of the Highway Act--infrastructure bills.
  President Eisenhower was a President who knew we needed a strong 
infrastructure and a highway system. When he needed a sponsor in the 
Senate, it was Albert Gore, Sr., from Tennessee--a Democrat--who 
sponsored that bill.
  We need bipartisanship the way we had it with Eisenhower and Gore in 
order to come up with a highway extension. If it is a gas tax--whatever 
it is--we need to do it. We need to put Americans back to work, and we 
need to put our infrastructure first. Those should be the 
responsibilities of this House.
  I pledge to support transportation efforts to get a bill passed and 
to make America proud about its infrastructure again--bridges, runways, 
and roads.

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