Earl Blumenauer said "Today's commemoration comes at a critical time, for just as Albert Gallatin did something important for the founding of our Nation, today America's infrastructure is falling apart. The American Society of Civil Engineers rates our infrastructure at a D-minus. It's one of the reasons our economy is in decline. We're losing the competition to Europe, to Asia. China is investing nine times as much of their national output as we are in infrastructure. And at a time of $110 a barrel oil, will $4 a gallon gasoline be far behind? We live in a carbon-constrained, water-stressed environment with an imperative need to rebuild and renew America." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordMarch 11, 2008

Today's commemoration comes at a critical time, for just as Albert Gallatin did something important for the founding of our Nation, today America's infrastructure is falling apart. The American Society of Civil Engineers rates our infrastructure at a D-minus. It's one of the reasons our economy is in decline. We're losing the competition to Europe, to Asia. China is investing nine times as much of their national output as we are in infrastructure. And at a time of $110 a barrel oil, will $4 a gallon gasoline be far behind? We live in a carbon-constrained, water-stressed environment with an imperative need to rebuild and renew America.

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Earl Blumenauer

Democratic · Oregon

Source

govinfo.gov

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the importance of infrastructure in relation to a commemoration of the Gallatin plan.

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