[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11281]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                             INFRASTRUCTURE

  (Mrs. LAWRENCE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. LAWRENCE. Madam Speaker, we are less than 3 weeks away from the 
expiration of the national highway trust fund, and we are, once again, 
talking about another extension.
  The Michigan Infrastructure and Transportation Association estimates 
that Congress' failure to come up with a long-term plan has cost State 
of Michigan taxpayers more than $350 million. We have ample time and 
multiple plans to fix this problem. Which plan do you like?
  We need to get to work. What about the Department of Transportation's 
GROW America Act, which raises $478 billion over 6 years? Or Michigan's 
Getting Beyond Gridlock plan that raises $410 billion over 6 years?
  Republicans don't want to raise taxes. Democrats don't want to hurt 
the middle class or the lower-income families, but we must make those 
choices. We must take the vote, and we must keep our promise to America 
to fix our infrastructure. It is time to act.

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