The Senate Appropriations Committee voted 31-0 Sept. 19 to advance its $74.3 billion FY2020 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) appropriations bill, which provides funding to improve transportation infrastructure development, housing […]
09-19-2019
Senate Committee Advances FY 2020 T-HUD Appropriations Bill; Directs DOT to Submit Surface Transportation Proposal
Senate Subcommittee Examines Infrastructure Funding Needs
On March 8 the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing to examine infrastructure funding needs and options. The hearing was largely positive from NATSO’s perspective, as all participants recognized the critical need to invest money to repair and improve America’s roads and bridges, and also recognized the superiority of direct federal spending — for example, by raising the fuel excise tax — as opposed to “public private partnerships” which can lead to undesirable revenue-raising mechanisms such as tolling and rest area commercialization.
03-13-2017