The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. The gentleman from illinois reserves. The gentleman from missouri is recognized. Mr. Graves i reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from missouri reserves. The gentleman from illinois is recognized. I yield one minute to the gentleman from rhode island, mr. Cicilline. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from providence, rhode recognized for one minute. Mr. Cicilline thank you, mr. Speaker. I thank the gentleman for yielding. Infrastructure is stuck in the 1950s, and it doesnt have to be. Fact, past time for congress to bring our bridges, roads, schools into the 21st century. American people gave democrats control of the u. S. House last year because we for the people. Higher wages, lower costs, and ooting out corruption in washington. The moving forward act delivers on that promise. It creates millions of time when jobs at a they are needed most. More than 40 million unemployment claims have been this since the start of pandemic, but the president s more interested in tweeting than in helping people who are out of work. As a candidate, President Trump promised to rebuild our infrastructure. T turned out to be yet another empty promise on his road to power. Now democrats are providing 1. 5 trillion to build modern, sustainable infrastructure. This is a bill that invests in cities anding of our towns. I urge the house to adopt the en bloc package which includes my the ment to establish interagency innovative material Standards Task force and to pass without lying bill delay and i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. The gentleman from illinois reserves. The gentleman from missouri is recognized. Mr. Graves i reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from illinois is recognized. Mr. Lipinski how much time do i have left . The speaker pro tempore the gentleman has one and a half minutes remaining. Mr. Lipinski i yield one minute to the gentlelady from washington, ms. Jayapal. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman from washington is recognized for one minute. Ms. Jayapal thank you so much, mr. Speaker. My amendment would set aside 1 million for airplane noise mitigation and other projects to support aviation impacted communities. In my district, the rapid greth of Seatac Airport to meet demand has impacted the daytoday life of my constituents. In many cases thats because of increased noise. While we cant stop rising demand we can help the community with additional funds for noise insulation an finding ways to reduce aviation impact. The f. A. A. Has not taken this seriously enough, failing to espond to my constituents concerns in meetings. Thats why my amendment would compel the f. A. A. To devote more resources to aviation impacted communities across the nation. I thank you, mr. Speaker, and i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady yields back. The gentleman from illinois reserves. The gentleman from missouri is recognized. Mr. Graves i reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from missouri reserves. The gentleman from illinois is recognized. Mr. Lipinski im prepared to close. I will reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from missouri is recognized. Mr. Graves thank you, mr. Speaker. I yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Graves i rise again to express my disappointment in the partisan nature of the amendments in this package. For example it includes an airdrop rail amendment that imposes unreasonable mandates on freight rail, carrying waste by attempting to force an impractical one size fits all solution that would create more problems than it attempts to solve. It includes a change in Economic Development agencys Revolving Loan program and new requirements on public buildings the Committee Never had a chance to consider under regular order and it includes an amendment that requires the department of transportation to share protected security and Business Information on pipeline incidents with state and local governments, creating an unintended safety and security risk. Mr. Speaker, this bill is full of partisan amendments meant to fulfill the speakers messaging agenda of unchecked spending and unserious, onesided Green New Deal excesses. These provisions will create difficult, impractical, unreasonable mandates on the rail and Aviation Industries at a time when we should be doing what we can to help them survive. For these reasons i urge my colleagues to oppose, very much oppose this en bloc amendment and with that i yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. The gentleman from illinois is recognized. Mr. Lipinski i yield to the gentlelady from massachusetts for unanimous consent request. I i ask unanimous consent in support of my amendment and to have this entered into the record. The speaker pro tempore without objection. I have an amendment at the desk, rise to offer an amendment to h. R. 2. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman was recognized for unanimous consent, the statement will appear in the record. My apologies. The speaker pro tempore no worries, the statement is admitted to the record. The gentleman from illinois is recognized. Mr. Lipinski i yield myself the remainder of the time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Lipinski i urge my colleagues to support this en bloc amendment. 34 good amendments add to this bill, make this bill even better on another number of topics. Airports, rail, fema, other areas, urge my colleagues to support it and i yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. Pursuant to the rule the previous question is ordered on the amendment en bloc offered by the gentleman from illinois, mr. Lipinski. The question is on the amendment en bloc. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. The ayes have it. The ayes have it. The amendment en bloc is agreed to. The speaker pro tempore it is now in order to consider amendment en bloc consisting of amendments prinned in part d of house report 116148. For what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey, mr. Pallone, seek recognition . Mr. Pallone mr. Chairman, i have an amendment at the desk. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will designate the amendment en bloc. The clerk en bloc number three consisting of amendments numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 23, 24, 9, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, and 28, printed in part d of house report 116438, offered by mr. Pallone of new jersey. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to House Resolution 1028, the gentleman from new jersey, mr. Pallone, and the gentleman from missouri the gentleman from illinois, mr. Shimkus, will control 15 minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from new jersey. Mr. Pallone i yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Pallone i rise in strong support of this en bloc amendment of 28 that will further improve the already Strong Language of h. R. 2 in many areas. It will expand our digital internet infrastructure through tribal benefits and other measures. These will ensure access to affordable, Reliable Internet Service and give those living in multifamily and government assistance Housing Access to reliable, high Speed Broadband. It will strengthen resiliency and efficiency for Critical Infrastructure while addressing Greenhouse Gas pollution and other issues at our nations port. It will improve the department of energys Laboratory Infrastructure while bolstering its clean energy research. It improving the underlying Clean School Bus and electric vehicle while expanding the lead contamination provisions and provides Drinking Water assistance to territories. This block of amendments also includes provisions to protect pedestrians, bicyclists and other vulnerable road users while promoting the safe use of child booster seats and it also prioritizes hospital and Lab Infrastructure projects that will address Natural Disaster preparedness and reduce wait time as a result of covid19 tests. I want to thank the many members who contributed to this en bloc including representatives blunt rochester, dingell, oohalleran and cardenas from the energy and Commerce Committee as well as representatives brindisi, craig, cunningham, foster, hollings, krishnamoorthi, levin of michigan, lipinski, meng, moore, plaskett, porter, sablan, slot kin, and takano. Their amendments are making this a better bill and i thank them for their contribution. This is an excellent amendment, i urge its adoption and reserve the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from new jersey reserves. The gentleman from illinois is recognized. Mr. Shimkus i reserve my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman reserves. The gentleman from new jersey is recognized. Mr. Pallone i yield now to the chairman of our technology and internet committee, mr. Doyle of pennsylvania. The speaker pro tempore for how much time . Mr. Pallone two minutes. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from pittsburgh, pennsylvania, is recognized for two minutes. Mr. Doyle i rise in support of h. R. 2, the moving forward act. This legislation represents a historic investment in the future of our nation. As the chairman of the communications and technology subcommittee, im proud that this bill includes an unprecedented 100 billion investment in our nations broadband infrastructure. This crisis made it clear that broadband is a necessity, not a privilege. Because of covid19, we must all use the internet to work, learn and participate in society. This legislation would establish a National DigitalEquity Program to provide outreach and Digital Literacy education to get folks online. It would expand the Lifeline Program to create a monthly broadband benefit to connect working families and recently unemployed. It would fund a critical upgrade of our nations 911 system and bring the benefits of high speed fiberoptic net woshes to every part of the country. Today, americans who are not connected are being left behind. If our nation is going to succeed in the 21st century, we must ensure that everyone has access to the sensual resource. Id like to thank my good friend, Majority Whip Jim Clyburn for his leadership on this issue and for working with myself and chairman pallone on this legislation. I would like to thank all the members of our subcommittee that contributed to this bill. Mr. Speaker, i am concerned about a provision related to Autonomous Vehicles included in the managers amendment. My hometown of pittsburgh is our nation and the worlds leading hub for research and development into Autonomous Vehicle technologies. As we consider continue to consider this legislation related to Autonomous Vehicles, i hope we can engage in a more distribute discussion about how these technologies will be regulated and deployed. This technology is too important to the success of our nation and to pittsburgh to do any less. Thank you, mr. Speaker, and i yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. The gentleman from new jersey reserves. The gentleman from illinois is ecognized. Mr. Shimkus i reserve my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from new jersey is ecognized. Allone i yield now to i yield now to mrs. Dingell. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady is recognized. Mrs. Dingell thank you, mr. Speaker and i thank the chairman for yielding. I rise in support of this en bloc that includes an important amendment that i have championed that would in collude a clean energy and sustainability accelerator to meet the Climate Crisis head on while building the infrastructure of tomorrow. As an independent nonprofit thats capitalized federal funds spread over a 20year period, the accelerator will help exneand Clean Energy Work force, create jobs, deploy emissions reduction techling in and invest in low carbon Infrastructure Projects nationwide. It would provide crucial investment to build Clean Energy Infrastructure that will putting mores back millions back to work, strengthen communities and improve Public Health for generations while reducing pollution, lowering energy costs, and specifically reducing harmful greenhouse emissions. Im proud to lead this amendment and i thank chairman pallone, the leadership of the house, the energy and Commerce Committee staff for all the work theyve done to get it here. I urge my colleagues to support this bill and yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman yields back. The gentleman from new jersey reserves. The gentleman from illinois is recognized. Mr. Shimkus i reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from illinois reserves. The gentleman from new jersey is recognized. Mr. Pallone mr. Speaker, i yield now one minute to the gentleman from michigan, mr. Andy levin. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from michigan is recognized for one minute. Mr. Levin thank you, mr. Speaker. I want to thank chairman pallone for his tremendous work on this bill and to all the staff of the energy and Commerce Committee who worked on it. My amendment modifies h. R. 2s Pilot Program to improve lab infrastrubblingture, ensuring grants infrastructure, ensuring grants to help labs reduce wait time for covid19 test results. It can take several Business Days to find out if youve tested positive for covid19. During that time, folks are told to take precautions as though theyre positive. Not everyone can afford missing work to do that. Not everyone has another person who can take care of an elderly or sick parent. If we dont bring down wait times, were asking americans to do things that for them might be virtually impossible. Lets make things easier for working families. I urge support of this amendment and this tremendous bill. I again thank the chairman and i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from michigan yields back. The gentleman from new jersey reserves. The gentleman from illinois is recognized. Mr. Shimkus i reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman reserves, the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. Minute one i yield one to the gentlewoman from virginia, ms. Spanberger. The peaker pro tempore gentlewoman is recognized. Ms. Spanberger i rise in h. R. Rt of amendment 319 of 2, the moving America Forward money for high Speed Broadband infrastructure. Clyburn. To thank whip in central virginia, like across so much of the country, we funding for broadband projects, particularly covid19 lays bare the digital divide. Students were unable to maintain contact because they cant access the internet. Making a about significant investment in the nternet, we need to make sure this new infrastructure meets the need of the next generation of wireless technology. F. C. C. Set rs the the threshold for determining the speed at which areas have sufficient e broadband service. However, experts have indicated that the current speed threshold outdated. My amendment would require the g. A. O. To examine the efficacy process for s updating its Broadband Speed threshold. The speaker pro tempore the expired. Ans time has mr. Pallone ill yield an seconds to the gentlewoman, mr. Speaker. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman is recognized. With this ger information, we can make better decisions about how to best update these thresholds. To keep our ng rural businesses, our farms, our tudents competitive into the next century, we need to recognize that the broadband nfrastructure we build must meet the need for faster downloads and uploads. I yield back. The peaker pro tempore gentlewoman from virginia yields back. The gentleman from new jersey reserves. The gentleman from illinois is recognized. Mr. Himkus thank you, speaker. Id like to reserve my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from illinois reserves. The gentleman from new jersey is recognized. Mr. Pallone thank you, mr. Speaker. And now ill yield a minute and a half to the gentleman from carolina, mr. Cunningham. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from South Carolina is recognized for a minute and a half. Mr. Speaker, i rise today in support of my amendment, which will help fund needed flood mitigation infrastructure in South Carolinas low country and from t my constituents harmful pfas contaminants. The start of ked hurricane season, and given the pandemic, its more essential than ever that we invest in flood mitigation protectucture that will places like downtown buford and charlestons medical district. In the low country when it rains it floods. Communities face poses looding that Significant Health and economic risk. Related if weather hits during the pandemic it is severe. That ndment will ensure flood mitigation projects are legislation. N this also, i offered an amendment that will require the federal overnment to investigate wild contaminated waters. N a pair of recent studies, pfas was at Joint Base Charleston as well as in wild the ashley and the cooper rivers. Given the health and environmental hazards associated pfas exposure, its critical we ensure my onstituents are not put at risk. So i hope my colleagues on both sides of the aisle will join me