[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6752]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           HIGHWAY TRUST FUND

  (Mr. NORCROSS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. NORCROSS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to talk with my colleagues 
about passing a long-term reauthorization of the highway trust fund. If 
we don't do it now, it is about kicking the can down the road once 
again.
  It is because of this dysfunction that we have here in Congress that 
we can't get something done. People talk to us day in and day out about 
how disgusted they are. We can't do things. They are crying out for 
predictability.
  If you were only going to get two paychecks, would you be thinking 
about buying a house? Of course not. Industries that rely on our roads 
and bridges to move goods and services need that predictability, that 
funding, to make good business decisions. Otherwise, it would be 
foolish for them to do that.
  We all say we want to help our economy grow, and certainly I do. 
Let's give the job creators a reason to create jobs. Let's reauthorize 
the highway trust fund for the long term.

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