We just had the most productive Congress since the Eisenhower Era — here’s what that means for the country

The Hill ^ | 09/12/2022 | REP. PETER DEFAZIO (D-ORE.)

[ChicagoConservative27]

After 36 years in Congress, all of it on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, I can confidently say this is the most transformative session of Congress for our transportation system since President Eisenhower established the Interstate Highway System.

Let’s review the tape.

Last fall we passed the historic bipartisan infrastructure law. This transformational legislation provides $660 billion for transportation—the largest ever one-time infusion of federal funds into our nation’s transportation system. It will provide over $400 billion in funding for roads, bridges, and major multimodal projects. In my state of Oregon alone, that means over $3.7 billion to rebuild and modernize roads and bridges over the next five years. It provides the largest investment in public transportation in U.S. history, which will take cars off the road and improve the lives of those that rely on transit for their daily needs. It will strengthen our nation’s supply chains and boost local economies by investing $17 billion in ports. And it will do all this while creating good paying jobs that can’t be outsourced.

[ChicagoConservative27]

Peter is a complete POS. Commie scumbag. Congress needs to meet once a year and STFU.

[Magnum44]

[Paladin2]

“...will take cars off the road ...”

Sounds like Agenda 21.

[OttawaFreeper]

Boy, they don’t call it the Manure Hill for nothing, eh?

[Quality_Not_Quantity]

To Congress, ‘productive’ means spending more of MY money.

[fwdude]

I’ve be willing to pay congress to do NOTHING for an entire term. We’d all be better for it.

[Fido969]

When your wife comes home after running up $10,000 on the credit card, she can tell you she had a “very productive day”

[Bullish]

This transformational legislation provides $660 billion for transportation...

And how many millions have you already stolen from it Peter?

[proust]

How many tax dollars did Ike send to Ukraine?

[1Old Pro]

Where’s the money coming from?

[chuckee]

“We just had the most productive Congress...”

Demspeak for we spent a whole crapload of your money to buy votes

[Jim Robinson]

Big spending, high taxes, rampant inflation, loss of freedom.

[rktman]

S cuse me? Sphincter say WUT. Depends on the meaning of productive.

[G Larry]

Productive?

I don't think that word means what you think it means.

[Islander7]

Can some Freeper with access to the data tally the total dollars spent on ‘infrastructure’ in the past 30 years? It has to be trillions. So where has it gone and what did it buy?

[ActresponsiblyinVA]

He probably does not worry about the deficit. But who is going to pay the carrying costs?

[CommerceComet]

Don’t you just love the fact that the country is in worse shape on every measurable dimension than it was under Trump and Brandon, Democrats, and the lapdog MSM are doing victory laps over the “successes”?

[M Kehoe]

Yo Pete!

Where do you think the 9% inflation is coming from?

I’ll be happy to sell you a clue.

5.56mm

[dblshot]

And not one thank you to the taxpayers who get stuck with the bill.

[jacknhoo]

All of the money being spent is to enrich the Democrat donors and not middle class Americans who aren’t union.

The Hill, may as well be Media Matters.