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Floor Speech  Location: Washington, DC   Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker,
I rise in opposition to this motion to instruct the conferees.
I'm a member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee,
and we would like to see our bill passed.  And I represent a
city, Memphis, Tennessee, that is the transportation and
distribution center of America. Transportation jobs are
extremely important to the city of Memphis.  It's been 958 days,
nine extensions, nearly 3 years since the last surface
transportation bill expired. The Keystone proponents insist this
language be in this transportation bill, which is language, if
it's anywhere, should be in an energy bill, not a transportation
bill. But by doing so, they will end the hopes of transportation
workers throughout this country, let alone Memphis, to have a
transportation reauthorization bill passed. We will, instead,
have a 10th extension and even more uncertainty in the
transportation business.  The Senate's