The Biden Border Crisis and So-Called Infrastructure Plan

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Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding.

Madam Speaker, I rise today to discuss the Democrat's infrastructure bill.

We have seen a lot in the news over the last few weeks about President Biden's not-so-much infrastructure plan. There is so much unrelated pork in this bill that even Washington reporters are hesitant to call it an infrastructure plan.

When we think of the word ``infrastructure,'' we think roads, bridges, highways. We can expand further and think of ports, waterways, and airports. Democrats so-called infrastructure plan is not really about infrastructure--6 percent is allocated to roads, bridges, and highways, and a mere 2 percent for airways, waterways, and ports. Together, we are just barely getting to 8 percent of the $2.3 trillion plan to focus on infrastructure.

But what is the rest focused on? Well, it is a wish list of Progressive policies and it is an excuse for Democrats to give $600 billion--over half a trillion dollars--to the Green New Deal.

While I believe there is an opportunity for bipartisanship--a successful infrastructure bill must be bipartisan--the majority must be willing to make reasonable concessions to address our reasonable concerns. If we do this right, it should look like a bill that we wrote together.

This bill has the chance to fix our infrastructure, provide jobs, and jump-start our economy following COVID-19, but it will only succeed if Democrats choose to include Republicans and bring us to the table.

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