mr. shuster: mr. speaker, i rise today to speak in support of h.res. 1366, recognizing and honoring the united states freight rail industry. before i do, i must note once again, as other of my colleagues have, that every single transportation bill on today's suspension calendar is a democratic bill. the majority has not been living up to the common practice of a 70/30 split on those suspend calendars. although i -- currently it's running 95% to 5%. they added three republican suspension bills to the calendar this week. i hope that the majority will honor that common practice that we've had in the house for a number of years. we are honoring the freight rail today because our freight rail network is the undisputed envy of the world. every year freight trains move 40 tons of material for every man, woman and child in this country. railroads provide a remarkable public benefit, reducing traffic on the highways, lowering pollution and providing a less expensive mode of transit for freight. and this public

mr. shuster. mr. shuster: i thank you and i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for as much time as he may consume. mr. shuster: i rise in support of h.res. 1463, which designates railroad retirement day on august 29, 2010. railroad retirement day is established in this resolution to celebrate the success and importance of railroad retirement system which has benefited generations of hardworking railroad workers and their families. i'm proud to support the railroad retirement system which predates social security and provides comprehensive retirement, survivor and disability benefits, more than 600,000 beneficiaries receive approximately $1 billion in benefits each year from the railroad retirement system. for the last seven years, a portion of retiree assets has been managed in the national railroad retirement investment trust, the nrit -- nrrit invests in u.s. and global equity markets, fixed income and real estate and commodities, much like many private sector retirement funds. this innovative fund has alrea

mr. shuster: would the gentleman yield? mr. mcgovern: i would. mr. shuster: we spent money on all different kinds of programs. only 8% went to infrastructure in this country. 8% -- mr. mcgovern: i reclaim my time. the fact of the matter is a lot of infrastructure projects are going on in pennsylvania right now. the people working on those jobs are happy to have a job. and the people are happy they are making those improvements because states have been suffering because of this economy. i would also point out again that for all -- i'm not going to yield. for all the talk of jobs when they were in charge, we were losing on average 750,000 jobs a month. i will not. 750,000 jobs a month we were losing when they were in charge. we are now gaining jobs. not as many as we would like, but we are moving in a different direction. i don't want to go backwards to 22 incentive months of job loss. -- consecutive months of job loss. barack obama created more jobs in one year than george bush created in eight years. that is a fact. so to all my colleagues who are tal