[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11280]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         THE HIGHWAY TRUST FUND

  (Mr. NORCROSS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. NORCROSS. Madam Speaker, here we are once again. I rise to ask my 
colleagues to pass a long-term--a long-term--reauthorization to the 
highway trust fund before it crashes into a dead end, to the very worst 
that can happen to America.
  This is about the dysfunction of Washington. It is what everybody 
detests: the lack of predictability; we will just kick the can down the 
road a little bit further. This is exactly what hurts our economy. 
Nobody can plan for what is going to happen in the next few months, let 
alone the next few years.
  This is our country. Don't shut it down. Don't put a sign that says, 
``Closed due to lack of construction.''
  This is killing our economy. This is killing jobs in America, and I 
ask for us to pass a long-term bill. I know in Washington long term 
might seem a day or two. We are just asking for 6 years, to give 
predictability so our highways are the best that they can be, that we 
can have our commerce.

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