On the recordMarch 29, 2012
I will not yield to the gentleman from West Virginia. I know the gentleman has plenty of time, and he can respond on his time. This 90-day extension is a clean extension. It gives us the time to work on a 5-year bill. As I said, members on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee know that a 5-year bill is something that would put certainty out there to the folks in the States--to the folks who are going to buy trucks, who are going to hire people, who are going to expand their businesses to build and rebuild these bridges and roads throughout the country. It doesn't make any sense to do an 18- month extension, which is basically what the Senate's bill does, and along the way bankrupt the trust fund. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.
Said by
Bud Shuster