Matt Cartwright

Over the last 2 months since we passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, House Democrats have been spreading the good news. In fact, we have had over 1,000 events across this Nation where House Democrats bring home to Americans…

Together with President Biden, this country has already created 5.6 million jobs this year alone. Growth is up, wages are up, and unemployment is at a figure that is at a low of a couple of generations at this point. And in the middle of…

I thank Representative Paul Tonko from the 20th District of New York for his insights and also for helping me introduce our next speaker, the dynamic Representative Ross from the Second District of North Carolina, where innovation is…

It is a victory for America that we will treasure and favor for many years to come.

And I like the point about how shutting down for the pandemic, it kind of taught us a lot of things about our own economy, about the pockets of, for example, the gig workers nobody was thinking about at the outset; we had to include them…

So we have all been seeing these images of 75, 80 cargo ships off the coast of California, Long Beach, Los Angeles, waiting to get in because we are starting up our economy after the pandemic was shut down. Obviously, it is not something…

Well now, of course, the press has noted with interest that it took us weeks and months to sort out all the details and finally get it to the White House for signature. Here is my question: Contrast those weeks and months with how long…

Another thing we did in the past to invest in ourselves was the Eisenhower Interstate Highway System. This was something that the greatest generation did, Madam Speaker. They came back from World War II--we just honored a World War II hero…

I think Mr. Cicilline is right. I think competition is maybe the biggest point of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Competition that will not only grease the skids for our companies to bring their products to market…

You also mentioned competition, and Congressman Boyle brought that up. And you also mentioned how much is going into broadband internet availability in Rhode Island. How does that affect competition and the ability of Rhode Islanders to…

I thank Congresswoman Madeleine Dean of the 4th Congressional District of Pennsylvania. This bill does so much, and we are so proud here tonight to talk about it. It is a win for the American people no matter which way you slice it…

It is a sad question, I have to say, because we call it the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, but the truth is, despite their best efforts to claim credit in local news across the country, 206 House Republicans voted…

I thank Congressman Boyle for his insights about the competition aspect. By delivering this infrastructure bill yesterday afternoon, as we did, Democrats are delivering millions of good-paying union jobs, jobs that will put pipefitters and…

You mentioned being number one and competing. What are you talking about, being number one, on what list? And who do we have to compete with?

I thank Representative Duncan for that fine tribute, and I ask, in harmony with Congressman Duncan, that this House observe a moment of silence in honor of the memory of this World War II hero, Colonel Ben Skardon. Madam Speaker, this…

To honor the memory of a 104-year-old hero of World War II and a survivor of the infamous Bataan Death March, I yield to the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Duncan). Moment of Silence Honoring Brigadier General Ben Skardon

I thank Congressman Tonko for his comments. Madam Speaker, you can tell when you get Congressman Tonko, a guy from Amsterdam, New York, revved up about the Erie Canal, he is going to give you a good speech. A good speech is what we need to…

I thank Representative Tonko. The gentleman has repeated the word ``competitive'' about three times just now, and I couldn't think of a more appropriate word because, Madam Speaker, it is a tough world out there. We Americans may think the…

I thank Representative Tonko. We have an engineer on his toes here this evening who has picked up on a lot of the points that have been made previously. For example, Representative Mary Gay Scanlon and Representative Tonko both brought up…

It is true, isn't it, that the Build Back Better Act and the bricks and mortar infrastructure act, they work together, they dovetail to achieve the visions you are talking about?

The gentleman was discussing the necklace of communities that followed the Erie Canal. Earlier on this evening I was talking about how Amtrak assessed that restoring passenger rail in northeastern Pennsylvania would result in about $87…

I request a colloquy with the gentleman from New York. Is the gentleman trained as an engineer?

I thank the gentleman from New York (Mr. Higgins), for his time here this evening. Madam Speaker, we have talked about creating jobs, and Build Back Better is about creating jobs. It is also about helping workers keep more of their…

I want to go back on the question of infrastructure for a moment. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Higgins), our colleague from Buffalo.

I thank the gentlewoman. I appreciate that you mentioned potholes, and you don't have to be from Pennsylvania to understand the scourge of potholes. I will say that in my hometown of Scranton, there was a study done about how much it costs…