Energy infrastructure is an issue of promiscuity. I mean, you have to be permissive to allow the carbon economy to grow and lift more billions of lives out of poverty.

The IIJA has provided more money for infrastructure of all kinds, including transportation, than ever, ever before in the history of this Government.

The Gateway Program is the most urgent infrastructure project in the entire country.

I helped create two programs, Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhood Access and Equity, to begin redressing some of these harms.

Is there the infrastructure to support it?

I never ran into a State DOT director who didn't want more formula money.

I am proud to say that my district has received over $11 billion in discretionary grants from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

The safest crossing is one that doesn't exist.

I know a lot of folks who were excited about the infrastructure bill and the suggestion that it was going to provide increased funds for things like roads and bridges.

I have helped introduce the Rebuilding Rural Roads Act, which Congressman Finstad from southern Minnesota and I lead.

Everyone deserves access to clean water, but we know well in Michigan that aging infrastructure has not been replaced at the rate that it needs to.

DOT has risen to the occasion to get this money into the hands of communities by issuing nearly 90 Notices of Funding Opportunity.

The law provides record-breaking funding for critical infrastructure projects.

I hope that communities will consider using funds to make safety improvements like the Safe Streets, like eliminating crossings, instead of just adding more lanes to highways.

This represents 30 percent of the total funding provided by the IIJA.

Of course, we would have a lot fewer road fatalities and traffic deaths in America if we had a better rail system.

How would making these programs mandatory or formula-based impact planning for large-scale projects?

the actual increase of the formula distribution in IIJA was not even enough to fully cover the cost of inflation.