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E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 113 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION Vol. 160 WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 2014 No. 89 House of Representatives The House met at 10 a.m. and was I rise today, Mr. Speaker, because tation. That sounds like a big num- called to order by the Speaker pro tem- this bill is not just bad policy, but it is ber—a lot of zeros. But let’s put that pore (Mr. RIBBLE). a danger to the safety and economic into context. A couple of weeks ago, f health of my constituents and to all this House decided to spend about $600 Americans. billion on our military, which is fine. It DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO What is it that we are talking about is an incredible military that we have. TEMPORE here? We are talking about the money Add in security and intelligence, and The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- that the Congress appropriates to build you get a number of about $700 billion fore the House the following commu- and improve our highways, our bridges, that this House chose to spend on our nication from the Speaker: and our railways. I wonder who in this national security. That is 10 times WASHINGTON, DC, House doesn’t have bridges or highways what we are now choosing to spend on June 10, 2014. or railways in their district? This is transportation. We are spending 10 I hereby appoint the Honorable REID J. the bone, it is the arteries on which we times protecting this Nation than we RIBBLE to act as Speaker pro tempore on this build our economic growth and on are on actually building this Nation day. which the jobs that we spend so much and providing the economic infrastruc- JOHN A. BOEHNER, time talking about are created. With- ture that will create the economic Speaker of the House of Representatives. out good highways, without the ability growth and jobs that we all say we f to move people, goods, and services need—$70 billion. By the way, that is 1 MORNING-HOUR DEBATE around this country, we are nothing. percent less than we spent last year, We will not be serious about creating and $20 billion less than the President’s The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- jobs. request. ant to the order of the House of Janu- Now, let’s take a little tour on how Amtrak—now I understand that ary 7, 2014, the Chair will now recog- we are doing on our highways, our many of my colleagues don’t rely on nize Members from lists submitted by bridges, and our railways. Just last Amtrak. I rely on it every single week, the majority and minority leaders for Friday, I got caught on a Metro-North and, by the way, an awful lot of my morning-hour debate. train in my district because a 100-year- colleagues do. I see them on my way The Chair will alternate recognition old bridge in Norwalk got stuck in the down here. Amtrak is proposed to be between the parties, with each party open position. Thousands of my con- reduced in funding by 15 percent—half limited to 1 hour and each Member stituents sitting on trains and in train of what the President thinks is nec- other than the majority and minority stations at Grand Central, at Norwalk, essary in his budget. Who thinks that leaders and the minority whip limited and at Stanford were unable to get this is a good idea, Mr. Speaker? Who to 5 minutes, but in no event shall de- home. thinks that it is a good idea in a coun- bate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. There have been derailments on this try where we are supposedly serious f rail line, including some that have about creating jobs to underinvest in been fatal. I live about a mile upstream the artery, the bone, and the sinew REBUILDING OUR of a bridge on Interstate 95, the single that allows us to grow jobs in this INFRASTRUCTURE biggest artery in the Northeast of the country? That is not a good idea. And, The SPEAKER pro tempore. The United States, that just shy of 20 years yet, we are fending off amendments to Chair recognizes the gentleman from ago fell down, killing a bunch of people cut investment even more in our trans- Connecticut (Mr. HIMES) for 5 minutes. and creating huge economic havoc. portation infrastructure. Mr. HIMES. Mr. Speaker, I am moved This is true nationally. The stats are Are there people in this country who to rise today because this House, start- out there. The amount of investment don’t sit in traffic wasting time that ing yesterday and continuing into that we need to make in this country they could be spending with their fam- today, is considering a complicated bill to be competitive with the Chinese, ily, taking away their focus on their called the Transportation, Housing and with the Europeans, who are spending businesses that they would like to Urban Development, and Related Agen- far more on the bones and sinew of grow? There aren’t many of them, and cies Appropriations Act. Mr. Speaker, their economies, is huge numbers. yet this House chooses to reduce the that is a complicated set of words. This So, what are we doing about it? What investment in the country that we sup- is the bill, of course, in which we fund are we doing about it right now in this posedly hold dear. the Nation’s transportation infrastruc- House? Well, the bill I mentioned pro- I am tired of it, Mr. Speaker. I am ture. poses to spend $70 billion on transpor- tired of my constituents having their b This symbol represents the time of day during the House proceedings, e.g., b 1407 is 2:07 p.m. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. H5189 . VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:37 Mar 21, 2015 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD14\JUN 2014\H10JN4.REC H10JN4 bjneal on DSK2TWX8P1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE H5190 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 10, 2014 lives damaged, having their safety put nouncement of more jobs in our dis- that proudly honors all American serv- at risk, and having their businesses tricts. Everyone in the area is excited icemembers who are ‘‘known but to jeopardized because we have not in- for the community of West Jefferson, God.’’ May you remain resolute in your vested enough in our infrastructure. Is and I look forward to a very successful convictions and serve as an example for there a State out there, by the way, future for the innovative education the countless others selflessly serving that has an extra billion or two dollars partnership between GE and Wilkes in our Armed Forces. lying around? Because some of my col- Community College. Thanks to GE for f leagues think that maybe the States making this investment, and thanks to 70TH COMMEMORATION OF D-DAY should be investing. But I am curious. the employees at GE West Jefferson for Is there a State out there that has an your great effort and commitment to The SPEAKER pro tempore. The extra $5 billion in their budget to step excellence. Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. JACKSON LEE) for 5 minutes. in where the Federal Government DR. PEPPER BOTTLING COMPANY should be active? I don’t think so. I Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, last week, I this past weekend, I had the privilege don’t hear that. And yet this House is was energized and inspired by the op- about to reduce the spending on trans- of joining the President of the United portunity to tour the Dr. Pepper Bot- States in the official delegation to the portation. tling Company in West Jefferson, Mr. Speaker, this cannot stand. 70th commemoration of D-Day. North Carolina. This plant has been It was not a normal experience of an f recognized for the high quality of its international codel, the opportunity to GE EXPANSION IN WEST products and was a recipient of the 2013 interact with our colleagues and allies JEFFERSON Caleb Bradham President’s Award. in Europe, but it was a testament and This award is named after North a testimony to the continuing The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Carolina native and Pepsi founder, Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from strength, determination, and value of Caleb Bradham. This year, only 19 the United States of America. It was a North Carolina (Ms. FOXX) for 5 min- plants across the country received the utes. moving experience. It was an experi- award out of hundreds of bottlers ence based in reality. Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, last week, it across this country. According to The was my great pleasure to participate in We listened to the recounting of the Jefferson Post: deliberations of General Montgomery, a groundbreaking at a plant expansion The company received the award for the General Eisenhower, Franklin Delano at the GE manufacturing facility in production of its 12-ounce glass bottle sodas, Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and West Jefferson, North Carolina. The ex- which are bottled in downtown West Jeffer- many others. We listened to the stories pansion will allow GE to produce more son. West Jefferson Dr. Pepper glass bottle of young men, many of whom signed up of the company’s incredibly popular products are wildly popular among soda en- at the age of 15 or 16, 17, wanting to LEAP engine, which will power next- thusiasts.