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Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015

Floor Speech

Date: July 15, 2015
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Transportation Government Budget and Spending

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Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, we all know that on July 31, the highway trust fund will expire, but we didn't just learn it. It is not that we just found out last week or last month. We have always known it. Now, we come to where we are backed up against the wall.

We know we need a long-term fix, but I am going to vote for a short-term fix. I am going to vote for it because I want the contractors in my State to keep working. I want the construction workers to keep laying concrete. I want the bridgebuilders to keep repairing bridges.

We can't afford to have a short season. In Illinois, if you don't do construction now, you may not get a chance to do much.

On the basis of the logic of keeping the construction industry moving, I vote ``yes'' for the highway bill that we are considering today.

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