Rep. Huffman Offers Motion to Greatly Increase Funding for Transportation Infrastructure, Road and Bridge Repair

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Congressman Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) today offered a motion to improve the Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act (H.R. 22), the bipartisan House transportation bill, and ensure Congress provides the funding needed to repair America's crumbling roads and bridges. H.R. 22, passed today by an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote, would provide $325 billion for highway, bridge, transportation safety, and public transit projects over the next six years, $17 billion less than the Senate version of the bill. Huffman's Motion to Instruct would increase funding levels to match the Senate version of the bill and further increase funding available should the Highway Trust Fund collect more revenue than projected.

"We are woefully underinvesting in our nation's infrastructure. Status quo funding in the House bill will only worsen congestion in our cities and suburbs," Huffman said. "This motion instructs conferees to adopt the higher funding levels for highway, transit, and highway safety programs contained in the Senate DRIVE Act. The DRIVE Act provides $342 billion over six years, that's $17 billion more than the House bill."

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