Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act of 2015

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Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois. I thank the gentleman from Washington for yielding.

Mr. Speaker, I agree with the gentleman. I agree that we are squeezing and squeezing and extending and extending when we know better and we know the difference. We know that we could have a meaningful solution to the problem that we face. We know it. We come and we kick the can a little bit, add a little bit more to it.

Like him, I am going to vote for it. But I am going to vote for it not because I think it is the best approach; I am going to vote for it because I want to see construction crews continue to work. I want to see families who are looking for paychecks be able to continue to get them.

I am going to vote for it because I want to see roads and bridges and highways repaired. I want to see veterans be able to go to the doctor and not wonder whether or not the doctor is going to be there to take care of them.

So, yes, I will vote for it; and I will look up and see that we will be back in December voting again, but we do what we have to do. We have to keep America working. I will vote for it to keep America working.

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