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NOW IS THE TIME TO INVEST IN AMERICA
(Mr. HIGGINS of New York asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute.)
Mr. HIGGINS of New York. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of the INVEST in America Act.
This bill makes long overdue investments in the Nation building here at home and would deliver for my community in Buffalo and western New York.
It includes funding to convert the historic DL&W train station into a multiuse transportation hub. It supports the transition of a North Tonawanda highway near the Erie Canal into a walkable neighborhood. And it will transform an abandoned rail line in Buffalo into the vibrant Riverline trail.
The INVEST in America Act will add more than $400 million in annual funding to New York to fix bridges and roads, an increase of over 30 percent.
This bill does not, however, fix neighborhoods destroyed by highway building in the decade of the 1950s. We need to do more to restore those communities in those neighborhoods that were destroyed many years ago.
Now is the time to invest in America.
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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 114
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