Majority of House calls on Congress to create long-term highway bill

By |  February 25, 2015

A majority of both Republicans and Democrats signed a letter initiated by Reps. Reid Ribble, R-Wisc., Dan Lipinski, D-Ill., and Tom Reed, R-N.Y., to Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., urging Congress to develop a long-term highway bill, reports the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA).

The letter was signed by 285 House members and calls on Congress to “move a responsibly paid-for, multiyear surface transportation bill that will support much needed economic growth throughout the nation.”

“My constituents in northeast Wisconsin and Americans all over our country in the manufacturing, construction, agriculture, and distribution sectors rely especially heavily on our roads and bridges to move people and goods from place to place—and the certainty that they will be able to continue to do so in the future,” says Rep. Ribble. “Long-term funding for our roads and bridges would provide the security that our country needs to ensure that our infrastructure remains safe, reliable and serviceable for years to come.”

Read a copy of the letter here.

 

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