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




                  THE PARTNERSHIP TO BUILD AMERICA ACT

  (Mr. BERA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. BERA. Mr. Speaker, today, we are going to be asked to vote on 
another short-term funding patch for the highway trust fund. We have 
done this over 30 times, but what we need is a bipartisan plan and a 
long-term transportation goal that is fiscally responsible. It is what 
we have always done throughout our history.
  Think about it. President Lincoln built the transcontinental 
railroad, put thousands of people to work, and helped lead an economic 
boom. President Eisenhower invested in the interstate highway bill, 
which built our interstate commerce system and transport system and put 
thousands of people to work and led to an economic boom.
  Mr. Speaker, let's think big. That is what we do as Americans. Let's 
invest in ourselves. Let's come up with a long-term highway trust fund 
bill that invests in our infrastructure; puts thousands of Americans to 
work; and lets us lead an economic recovery not just in the United 
States, but in the world.
  That is what we do as Americans; we think big. Mr. Speaker, let's get 
this done.

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