May 14, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 80 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

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                      NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE WEEK

  (Mr. PAYNE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, today I introduced a resolution designating 
this week as National Infrastructure Week.
  With every day that passes, the need for Federal infrastructure 
investment grows more and more urgent. Our roads, our bridges, our 
canals, our tunnels, our drinking water, our sewage facilities--they 
are all suffering because the Federal Government has not invested in 
rebuilding America's infrastructure.
  Lives are on the line because our infrastructure is crumbling, and 
our drinking water is not safe. Our constituents are begging us to 
rebuild America's infrastructure.
  Instead of that, the President is still obsessed with building his 
wall. Well, Mr. Speaker, that is not going to work for the American 
people.
  Americans want water infrastructure that is not tainted with lead. 
They want roads that aren't full of potholes. They want bridges that 
aren't falling down. They want airports and schools that are safe.
  They deserve nothing less. Let's go to work for the American people.

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