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Rob Woodall: It is easy on a big bill like this to get confused about what is in it and what is not in it. I would refer folks to…

On the recordNovember 3, 2015
It is easy on a big bill like this to get confused about what is in it and what is not in it. I would refer folks to transport.house.gov. That is not just for Members of Congress, Mr. Speaker. Anybody across the country can access that. What you are going to find--and, again, what is an extraordinary success story that we have on the floor today--are all of these national priorities that we share. The bill refocuses funding on national priorities. It gets us back to the core of the original highway trust fund. It reforms the program, again, in a bipartisan-- even nonpartisan--way to get the dollars on the ground faster to make a difference in people's lives. Time is money, Mr. Speaker, whether you are shipping goods or whether you are sitting in traffic. It promotes innovation to bring some new ideas into the transportation infrastructure. We are getting ready for next generation roads, and that language is here: roads and bridges, public transportation, driver safety, truck and bus safety, hazardous materials. It is all in here. There are those bills in Congress where the more you read them, the more you think: ``Man, what were those guys thinking?'' This is one of those bills where the more you read it, you think: ``How in the world did those guys get it done?'' This is a success story, Mr. Speaker. It is worthy of all of my colleagues' support. I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr.…
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Nov 3, 2015

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