Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman from Missouri for yielding. Mr. Speaker, the $1.2 trillion Transportation and Infrastructure bill is 100 percent coupled, linked, dependent upon the $3.5 trillion partisan reconciliation bill. As our colleagues in the Democratic Party continue to remind us and affirm, investing in our Nation's transportation and infrastructure is a core function of government, and this bill is something I and many other Republicans and Members have tried hard to support. Unfortunately, the Democrat leadership has made it patently clear that to pass this infrastructure bill, we must pass a completely partisan $5 trillion budget reconciliation bill with the largest tax hike and government expansion in the history of our Nation. That I cannot support. {time} 2000 The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Missouri has 10 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Oregon has 11\1/2\ minutes remaining. Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. We are going to close the debate for tonight and continue this debate tomorrow. Perhaps Summit will come back to planet Earth. Mr. Speaker, look, very simply, we are looking at a record investment in our crumbling infrastructure. I will just repeat it one more time: 42,000 bridges on the national highway system in need of serious repair or replacement; 40 percent of the National Highway System needs to be rebedded--that is totally rebuilt.…”