Bipartisan Support for Transportation Funding in House

Ask Your Reps to Sign Letter through Hardhats for Highways Although a gas tax increase in the lame duck was declared dead this week by Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), there was some positive news with four members of the House circulating a bipartisan letter in support of transportation funding.  The letter, authored by Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Members Reid Ribble (R-Wis.) and Dan Lipinksi (D-Ill.), along with Ways & Means Committee Members Tom Reed (R-N.Y.) and Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.), seeks to build momentum and send a message to Republican and Democrat House leaders that passing a multiyear transportation reauthorization bill with a sustainable funding source is a high priority going into the 114th Congress.  The letter calls for an end to the cycle of short-term extensions of transportation funding. It is supported by a wide variety of stakeholders all of whom are encouraging all members of the House to sign on. AGC is working closely with Representatives Ribble, Lipinski, Reed and Pascrell and leading the efforts of the Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC) in asking all members of the House to sign the letter. We encourage all AGC chapters and members to contact their Representative and urge them to sign on through our Hardhats for Highways campaign. For more information, please contact Sean O’Neill at (202) 547-8892 or oneills@agc.org.