[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16554]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   NATION'S CRUMBLING INFRASTRUCTURE

  (Mr. KILDEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, well, it is long past time for Congress to 
do its job and get serious about funding a long-term solution to fix 
our crumbling roads and bridges, all of our infrastructure in this 
country.
  In Michigan, of all States, we know that we need to invest in order 
to grow our economy. To build a 21st century economy, we need state-of-
the-art infrastructure.
  No more short-term fixes, no more month-to-month funding. I have 
voted against these short-term bills in the past, and I am going to 
continue to do so.
  We are in urgent need of dramatic investment in infrastructure. 
Nearly a third of our roads are in poor or mediocre condition. One out 
of four of our bridges require significant repair. In my own hometown, 
our water infrastructure is wholly inadequate to provide even clean 
water to our residents.
  We just cannot continue to threaten our economy by failing to do our 
job. Congress needs to do its job. The American people go to work every 
single day, and the least that they can expect is that we do the same 
thing and do our job.
  If we really believe in our future in this Congress, we ought to be 
willing to invest in it.

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