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Post by bot on Jul 16, 2015 22:09:13 GMT -5
Hoyer Statement on Short-Term Highway Trust Fund Reauthorization WASHINGTON, DC - House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today after the House of Representatives passed a short-term bill to reauthorize the Highway Trust Fund: “While the House took action to prevent the Highway Trust Fund from expiring at the end of this month, which would have put thousands of construction jobs in jeopardy and undermined key investments to maintain our nation’s highway and transit network infrastructure, we cannot continue to go from short-term fix to short-term fix. We need a long-term solution that will provide certainty, create jobs, and invest in a modern transit system to meet the needs of our growing economy. It is time to reach agreement on a funding mechanism to finance reauthorization for six years. I look forward to working with Ranking Members Levin and DeFazio to continue pushing for Congress to adopt such a bill without delay.” Visit www.democraticwhip.gov for more press, floor and member resources.
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