[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12231]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      ENERGY AND ROADS EQUAL JOBS

  (Mrs. CAPITO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Speaker, the people of West Virginia want to invest 
in the future of our State and our Nation. We want safe roads and the 
opportunity to work.
  This week, we took steps in the House to invest in our infrastructure 
and our domestic energy production, actions that will help create and 
sustain American jobs. On Tuesday, we passed a bill in the House to 
invest and rehabilitate our Nation's infrastructure. Roads create jobs. 
Investing in our roads and bridges creates not only construction jobs, 
but also grows the economy by ensuring reliable interstate commerce and 
travel.
  I have seen firsthand the difference that good infrastructure can 
make. Whether it is in Berkeley County or U.S. Route 35 in Putnam and 
Mason Counties, it has helped to grow that local economy.
  Yesterday, my bill, the Coal Jobs Protection Act, passed in the House 
Transportation Committee with bipartisan support. A robust mining 
industry is not only good for the miners and their families, but good 
for the businesses who depend on these workers to buy goods and 
services and good for the communities who depend on those tax dollars.
  Investing in our roads and our energy production will create more 
prosperous times for my State of West Virginia and for our Nation.

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