sweetie david bauer? >> guest: i have driven on thehe pennsylvaniafr turn point. i've had very frustratingve experiences. i understand exactly what he is saying. i think the turn pike and other roads across the country are examples of states trying to find a way to meet transportation needs with limited resources. turnpikes, toll roads, things like that are what we have. i certainly understand some folks have a difficult time accepting they should be paying for a toll to drive on a good road. but when you are in a situation with limited resources there are only so many options available. when in fact when the initial questions how this bill is paid for, transportation improvement cost money but anyone who says we can do without dollars they do not the situation i have. one way or another resources need to be transferred from bank accounts into roads, bridges, buses, public transportation facilities and things likeon that. >> host: david bauer who doo you represent? are thesell toll roads public-private partnerships were a private company is benefiting from them? >

host: david bauer is the president and ceo of the american road and transportation builders assn here money for roads and bridges. mr. bauer, our viewers likely no the deadline nears -- our viewers likely know the deadline years on october 31. guest: thank you for having me with you. you are exactly right. we are looking at an october 31 deadline. the key thing to remember is without authorization in place, federal highway and public transportation funds cannot be utilized by state departments of transportation. this really is a deadline with consequence. congress has a history of doing extensions. obviously, we are here to talk about a multi-year reauthorization on terms. host: how much money? guest: the bipartisan infrastructure bill that passed senate in august would include approximately $450 billion for highway and public transportation improvements across the country. this is a significant increase in both areas. it is long overdue. host: what is the formula for dispersing money? guest: the bill includes the same distribution formula in place for the existing highway program dol

host: david bauer, president and ceo of the american road and builders association, thank you. guest: thank you. host: same to our viewers and those of you who participated this morning. we will bring you to the house floor. they are about to gavel in for legislative session. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2020] the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c. october 26, 2021. i hereby appoint the honorable rashida talib to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 4, 2021, the chair will now recognize members from lists commit submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with time equally allo