[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 7294]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         TRANSPORTATION FUNDING

  (Mr. LOWENTHAL asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LOWENTHAL. Mr. Speaker, from city halls to the Halls of Congress, 
there is universal agreement that our national infrastructure, once the 
envy of the world, is eroding around us. It is eroding from simple 
political inattention and inaction.
  We must stop short-term fixes for our long-term infrastructure. We 
must develop a sustainable funding solution to repair, to restore, and 
to upgrade our infrastructure.
  The remaining question is: How do we solve it here and now? Are we 
going to do a responsible, long-term funding solution or are we just 
going to kick the can down the road? Are we going to wait for more 
bridges to collapse, for trains to derail, and more roads to fall into 
gridlock?
  Mr. Speaker, we must come together to solve this problem. The safety 
of every American, the efficiency of every business, and the momentum 
of our national economy depend on us and are at risk.

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