stand prepared to negotiate its various provisions, our military men and women stand at the ready. they stand at the ready every single day. it s a 24/7 business for them for a much more serious task, and that is the defense of this great nation. as we consider this year s ndaa, we must do so with the understanding that our nation is faced with new sophisticated threats to our way of life and to the world order. two emerging war-fighting domains cyber and space are capturing much of the attention of this body and our allies, and i will also add capturing the attention of our enemies, of those that do not wish us well. and it is these two domains cyber and space that pose increased threats to our national infrastructure and our way of engaging with both those allies and our adversaries. debating defense spending means thinking beyond helicopters and submarines or equipment and artillery and
investment in rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure. the last major increase in federal support for infrastructure was during the clinton administration s first term. the first term of the clinton administration. then, president bush did nothing on the issue. president obama came in talking about infrastructure investment. he passed the american recovery act that invested 4% of all that money in infrastructure. i worked with chairman jim oberstar. i chaired the subcommittee. we wrote a very ambitious surface transportation re-authorization which he had been promised by the obama administration would be next. they pulled the plug. and then came president trump, the builder. he invited a large group of us down to the white house. we had a long discussion. and we agreed and he turned to the speaker and said, nancy, nancy. how much do you need? $1.5 trillion, mr. president. no. $1.8 trillion. no. $2 trillion sounds better. ok. we agreed to come back three weeks and hammer out t
our new mobile video app. c-span now. access top highlights. listen to c-span radio. listen to new podcasts. all for free. download c-span now for free. earl year this week the house debated the infrastructure bill to fund roads, bridges, rail and mass transit over the next five years. that legislation approved by the senate in august on a bipartisan vote of 69-0, also includes ns. s in high speed internet, electric grid and water projects. speaker pelosi said the house will vote on that bill today. i yield myself five minutes. americans are tired of potholes damaging their cars, failing bridges, trails that derail, water mains that explode, sewer systems that back up into their basements and pollute our rivers. more than 70% of americans strongly support a major federal investment in rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure. the last major increase in federal support for infrastructure was during the clinton administration s first term. the first term of the clinton adminis
broadband internet, the electrical grid. this house for debate runs about 50 minutes. ognized? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. defazio: ok. thank you. i yield myself five minutes. americans are tired of potholes damaging their cars, failing bridges, trails that derail, water mains that explode, sewer systems that back up into their basements and pollute our rivers. more than 70% of americans strongly support a major federal investment in rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure. the last major increase in federal support for infrastructure was during the clinton administration s first term. the first term of the clinton administration. then, president bush did nothing on the issue. president obama came in talking about infrastructure investment. he passed the american recovery act that invested 4% of all that money in infrastructure. i worked with chairman jim oberstar. i chaired the subcommittee. we wrote a very ambitious surface transportation re-au
investment in rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure. the last major increase in federal support for infrastructure was during the clinton administration s first term. the first term of the clinton administration. then, president bush did nothing on the issue. president obama came in talking about infrastructure investment. he passed the american recovery act that invested 4% of all that money in infrastructure. i worked with chairman jim oberstar. i chaired the subcommittee. we wrote a very ambitious surface transportation re-authorization which he had been promised by the obama administration would be next. they pulled the plug. and then came president trump, the builder. he invited a large group of us down to the white house. we had a long discussion. and we agreed and he turned to the speaker and said, nancy, nancy. how much do you need? $1.5 trillion, mr. president. no. $1.8 trillion. no. $2 trillion sounds better. ok. we agreed to come back three weeks and hammer out t