[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 7292]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 SUPPORTING A LONG-TERM SOLUTION TO OUR NATION'S INFRASTRUCTURE CRISIS

  (Ms. HAHN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. HAHN. Mr. Speaker, for months we have been calling for a long-
term surface transportation bill to replace the one that expires at the 
end of this month.
  In recent weeks, I have joined many of my colleagues as we counted 
down the days left for Congress to act. Without a funding solution, the 
jobs of over 600,000 American workers are at risk. The gas tax, by the 
way, hasn't been raised in 20 years and is no longer sufficient to pay 
for repairs to dangerous roads, highways, bridges, and rail lines 
needed to protect Americans.
  We are being asked to vote this week on a bandaid approach that only 
runs to July instead of a real solution to this infrastructure crisis. 
This is often what happens here, but it is not the best way to govern. 
States and local transit agencies need this certainty that long-term 
funding will be available as they make important decisions about 
construction projects to meet our needs well into the future.
  Let's pass a long-term transportation bill now.

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