On the recordJune 30, 2020
On Monday, the Rules Committee met and reported a rule, House Resolution 1028, providing for consideration of H.R. 2, the Moving Forward Act, under a structured rule. The rule provides 2 hours of general debate on the bill, equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. The rule self-executes a manager's amendment offered by Chairman DeFazio, makes in order six en bloc amendments in total, and makes in order three further amendments. Prior to the offering of an en bloc amendment, the chair of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure may designate amendments that shall not be considered as part of the en bloc and shall be considered separately. And, lastly, the rule provides one motion to recommit, with or without instructions. Mr. Speaker, the Moving Forward Act provides more than $1.5 trillion to rebuild American infrastructure. The state of disrepair of our roads cost Americans $160 billion in 2014, and 200,000 of our Nation's bridges are more than 50 years old. Our aging water system loses trillions of gallons of treated water each year and leaves some families without clean water to drink at all. Children across the Nation are trying to learn in classrooms that are falling apart, without climate control in extreme temperatures, and without reliable internet access. At the same time, more than 200 million Americans are facing unemployment during a global pandemic.…
