I urge all Members to support my amendment. I yield back the balance of my time. Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Wisconsin…

I appreciate the gentleman from Massachusetts' comments, although my amendment doesn't address truck size whatsoever. My amendment doesn't include any change in configuration to the truck size. It does take existing truck sizes, and it…

In response to the gentleman from Pennsylvania earlier, Pennsylvania doesn't have to adopt this policy. It is totally optional for that State to do so. I find it interesting that the gentleman from New York is concerned about this while…

I include in the Record a letter dated last Friday, October 30, from the Federal Highway Administration. This letter states that the configuration I am proposing today is compliant with the federal bridge formula. The second letter is from…

We are facing a capacity crunch in the United States today. Overall freight tonnage is projected to increase by 25 percent over the next decade. Our Federal truck weight policy is two decades old, and it must be updated if we are going to…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Wisconsin will be postponed. Amendment No. 15 Offered by Ms. Brown of Florida The Acting…

How much time is remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Wisconsin has 1\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I will wrap this up. I appreciate this debate. I will say this: I am not interested in whether truckers make more money or rails make more money. I am interested in the poor family that has to pay higher prices for food, for clothing, for…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of subtitle D of title I of Division A, add the following: SEC. ___. MODERNIZED WEIGHT…

This afternoon, this body is going to come together and in bipartisan fashion--I think that is normally a good thing, in bipartisan fashion--be able to applaud themselves for fixing the highway trust fund. Like the proverbial magician that…

As much as I am tempted to tell stories about my brother this morning, I will digress. It is my honor this morning to welcome as our guest chaplain my brother, Pastor Terry Ribble. It is no surprise to me to find Terry in the full-time…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Speaker, it is unfortunate, but the President has dropped a poison pill with his executive amnesty--of his own choosing, I might add--into the well of goodwill in this Chamber. Now, before anything even gets…