[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10791]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                     LONG-TERM INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN

  (Mr. CONNOLLY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CONNOLLY. Mr. Speaker, this Congress must come up with a long-
term infrastructure plan, and it must do it this month before the 
highway trust fund expires.
  No great country can stay great without investing in its 
infrastructure. Throughout history, great leaders of both parties have 
understood there is a return on that investment. George Washington 
understood the need for internal improvements; so did Henry Clay. In 
the middle of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln and this Congress invested 
in the transcontinental railroad.
  They had the vision to understand we were making decisions for future 
generations, and if we don't, China, India, Japan, and our competitors 
will. They are making the decisions we are not making. They are 
advancing while we are retreating in critical infrastructure 
investment.
  The American people deserve better from this Congress.

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