the Highway Trust Fund operated effectively for years based on the 'user-pay' principle
Congress has repeatedly needed to use General Funds to continue federal support for surface transportation
Thanks. Our Washington State Constitution says gas tax has to be used for transportation.
Now, we have the third highest gas tax of any State in the country or so.
We cannot have a big-league economy with little-league infrastructure.
Cutting investment in infrastructure is not an option.
Yes, that which legislatures codify, they can decodify.
My personal preference would be to go with the 2010 recommendations of the bipartisan Simpson-Bowles Commission...
Today's hearing on the state of the Highway Trust Fund is an opportunity to discuss a critical responsibility that faces...
We cannot have a big league economy with little league infrastructure.
Clean water is a human right that historically underserved communities, including Tribal communities, have lacked access...