I would like to remind my friend from Chicago that all infrastructure jobs are temporary. Based on that argument, we shouldn't build roads, bridges, highways, or pipelines. All infrastructure jobs--construction jobs--are temporary. Second, I would like to remind my colleague that he voted against the appropriations bill to fund Homeland Security. With that, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Weber).
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