Rep. Capito Votes Yes on Highway Trust Fund Fix

Statement

U.S. Representative Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) voted yes today on legislation to avert the Highway Trust Fund crisis and fund our nation's roads and bridges through May 2015.

H.R. 5021, the Highway and Transportation Funding Act, passed the House of Representatives 367-55. For more about the bill, please click here.

"As a member of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, I have long been committed to improving West Virginia's highway infrastructure and addressing the shortfall in the federal highway trust fund. The House has acted to provide certainty to states worried about the future of their road and bridge projects -- in West Virginia alone, more than 200 projects are currently receiving federal funding.

"Thanks to this bill, these projects will be able to continue uninterrupted, and state highway departments will be able to budget accordingly and plan ahead. Highway investment is crucial to West Virginia, and I am proud to vote yes to shore up the trust fund and rebuild our highways and bridges. I hope the Senate will follow the House in passing a common-sense highway bill and investing in our nation's transportation future," Rep. Capito said.

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