[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 8]
[House]
[Pages 11619-11620]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           HIGHWAY TRUST FUND

  (Mr. AGUILAR asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. AGUILAR. Mr. Speaker, less than 2 months ago House Republicans 
refused to take the opportunity to extend the highway trust fund and, 
instead, decided to be reckless and kick the can down the road. Well, 
to no one's surprise, today we are back at it, faced with the same 
predicament.
  How long will Republican leadership continuously refuse to govern? 
They have played the same political games with the funding of the 
Department of Homeland Security, which keeps our Nation safe from 
national security threats, and allowed the Export-Import Bank to 
expire, punishing American

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businessowners across the Nation. And now they want to gamble with the 
safety of millions of Americans who rely on our transportation and 
infrastructure, which is crumbling beneath us.
  Enough is enough. We need a comprehensive and long-term surface 
transportation plan, not a short-term fix. The highway trust fund 
supports critical projects, which include improving the I-10 freeway in 
the Inland Empire, as well as countless other projects within the 
country.
  It is time that we start governing and bring a long-term extension 
measured in years, not months. We don't need another short-term patch. 
It is time for real solutions.

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