Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to H.R. 3684. Our country's infrastructure is crumbling. Prices are surging everywhere. Yet before us is an infrastructure plan that fails to address America's needs, and, in fact, will make our lives even more expensive. This bill neglects to fix the bureaucracy that makes the United States one of the most difficult places in the world to build infrastructure. The bill diminishes American energy prosperity and grows our dependence on the Chinese Communist Party's slave labor. The bill makes goods and services more expensive by overregulating American workers and American businesses. To put it simply, this bill makes it more expensive to be an American. We need truly bipartisan legislation to address the American infrastructure crisis. We should focus on traditional infrastructure by investing in roads and bridges and dams, as well as modern infrastructure of broadband internet. We should strengthen American supply chains so that the American infrastructure boom is fueled by American materials, American workers, and American businesses. Mr. Speaker, these are the steps we must take to build a stronger America. I and all of us will never stop fighting for this vision of American greatness. Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Stanton), a member of the committee.”