Peter DeFazio actually said...

"Just yesterday, I sent a letter, along with Ranking Member Graves, to Secretary Buttigieg urging U.S. DOT to use the vast resources and authorities provided by Congress in the Bipartisan Infrastructur..."

"Yesterday, Ranking Member Sam Graves joined me in a letter to the Secretary asking them to find a way to use some of their discretionary money."

"Unfortunately, AASHTO also resists any attempts at, shall we say, dedicating directly money and impinging upon their flexibility."

"This shows the concern about safety and of the extraordinary increase in fatalities year over year, largest single annual increase ever recorded since we started keeping these statistics."