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House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-Texas) addressed AGC’s Highway and Transportation Division during AGC’s 97th Annual Convention in San Antonio, Texas. Chairman Brady’s committee is responsible for tax issues in the House including Highway Trust Fund motor fuel tax revenue. He… Read More
March 18, 2016
House and Senate Pass Competing Extensions
This week, the Senate Commerce Committee passed the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act of 2016. The nearly two-year authorization provides a $400 million increase in 2017 for the Airport Improvement Program (AIP) but does not… Read More
March 18, 2016
Deliver the Message at the TCC Fly-In
The Transportation Construction Coalition’s (TCC) 2016 Legislative Fly-In is scheduled for May 10-11, 2016. While the FAST provides a steady source of funding over the next five years for highway and transit programs, the legislation did not solve the long-… Read More
March 18, 2016
On Tuesday, Donald Trump easily won the Florida winner-take-all primary, and in such a landslide (66 of 67 counties) that Florida Senator Marco Rubio was forced to suspend his campaign. Winning Florida entitles Trump to the state’s 99 delegate votes. Mr. Trump also placed first in North Carolina… Read More
March 18, 2016
House Budget Committee approved the week of March 14 a fiscal year 2017 budget resolution by a 20-16 vote. Republicans on the Budget Committee say their $3.9 trillion plan would reduce deficits by $7 trillion over 10 years, without increasing taxes, by cutting $6.5 trillion in government… Read More
March 18, 2016
The week of March 14, the Senate Commerce Committee passed the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act of 2016. The nearly two-year authorization provides a $400 million increase in 2017 for the Airport Improvement Program (AIP) but does not lift the volume cap on the Passenger… Read More
March 18, 2016
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) this week extended for one year a pilot program allowing state DOTs to include a geographic-based (local) hiring preference as a contract requirement on federally-assisted highway construction projects. The pilot was originally set to expire on March 6,… Read More
March 18, 2016
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) addressed AGC’s Highway and Transportation Division today during AGC’s 97th Annual Convention in San Antonio, Texas. Chairman Brady’s committee is responsible for tax issues in the House including Highway Trust Fund motor fuel tax revenue.… Read More
March 18, 2016
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced the availability of $26 million in grant funding to establish clean diesel projects aimed at reducing emissions from the nation's existing fleet of diesel engines. These grants are funded through the Diesel Emissions Reduction… Read More
March 17, 2016
From Columbine High School to the rock concert in Paris, active shooter scenarios have become all too common. And while we remember most the students and concert attendees who tragically lost their lives, we must also remember that before these establishments were schools or concert venues,… Read More
March 15, 2016
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