[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 7293]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           HIGHWAY TRUST FUND

  (Mrs. DINGELL asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mrs. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, there are only 2 legislative days left 
until the highway trust fund expires on May 31, and we do not have time 
to waste. Across the country, 6,000 critical construction jobs are in 
jeopardy, and 660,000 good-paying construction jobs are hanging in the 
balance.
  In Michigan, we know how desperately this funding is needed. 
Seventeen percent of our roads are rated in good shape--only 17 
percent; 38 percent of our roads are in poor, some dangerous--not fair, 
but poor, condition. It is unacceptable.
  We must work together to find a long-term solution to repair our 
roads, bridges, and transit. Today our Republican colleagues have 
introduced a plan that just kicks it down the road again. This must be 
the last time. Funding the highway trust fund is about this Nation's 
future. It is about our competitiveness. It is about providing 
businesses and local and State governments the certainty that they 
need, and it is about good-paying jobs for working families.
  It is time to end this culture of crisis and bring to the floor a 
long-term, sustainable solution to authorize the highway trust fund.

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