Blake Farenthold: “Thank you very much, Chairman Shuster. I rise today as well in support of this bill because it is a jobs bill, and it is…”

“Thank you very much, Chairman Shuster. I rise today as well in support of this bill because it is a jobs bill, and it is not just a jobs bill because the government spends money to create jobs. It is a jobs bill because it builds infrastructure that we need in this country to remain competitive and get our goods to market throughout the world. Having grown up in Corpus Christi, Texas, served by the Port of Corpus Christi, a deepwater port on the Intracoastal Waterway, I know the needs and how important it is to have ports and waterways that are here to serve our Nation. That is one of the reasons I am working with my colleague from across the aisle, Eddie Bernice Johnson, and a variety of other Texas Members to support the Texas Port Conference to raise awareness of how critical ports and waterways are to the jobs throughout this Nation. I urge my colleagues to get behind this jobs bill to get America back to work.”