Sam Graves: “Unfortunately, what we continue to see on the ground is a slow and confusing process of rebuilding after a disaster.”

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

In the FAA reauthorization of 2024, we did put in targeted reforms to strengthen the Aviation Workforce Development Grant.

We are here today to discuss the discretionary grant programs at the Department of Transportation and to hear firsthand from stakeholders about their experiences with the Department's grant processes.

With your partnership, we can keep this momentum going, we can deliver good projects for more communities, and we can build and rebuild our transportation systems to meet the 21st, and even 22nd, century needs of Americans.