Mr. KASICH. I’ll yield 1
minute to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. PAUL).
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Gentleman from Texas is recognized for 1 minute.
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Mr. PAUL.
I thank
the gentleman for yielding. I rise in strong support of this
amendment. I would like to remind my colleagues
that in the 1950s when the Federal
highway program started it was recognized
that it was an improper function
of the Federal Government. Therefore
the Congress back then, they were still
recognizing that the Constitution had
some effect as well as the President;
they had to come up for a reason for
the highway projects, so they did it
under national defense.
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Of course today we don’t debate
that issue in that light, but I think we
see the results of doing something that
was not proper. Today it’s very expensive,
it’s very bureaucratic, and we
have seen tonight in the debate how it
has become politicized.
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So if we are looking for a fair way to
build highways, and a more efficient way to
build highways, I think this is the answer. This is not going backwards, this
is going forward. This would be the
first time we could have a national
highway system really controlled by
the States where it is supposed to be. The States would have more money,
not less money. They would have less
regulation, not more regulation.
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This is much better than block
grants. This is returning responsibility
to the States. I compliment the gentleman
for bringing this to the floor.
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The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.
Note:
1998 Ron Paul 34:1 Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding this time to me. Here, Ron Paul
thanks The Honorable John R. Kasich of Ohio.
