Tag: infrastructure
DeLauro Calls For A National Infrastructure Bank And A Major Investment In American Jobs
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today visited Tilcon Connecticut in to call for the creation of a National Infrastructure Bank. DeLauro has introduced legislation to create such a program, which would help finance the nation’s most critical infrastructure projects, while also creating good paying jobs repairing roads, building bridges, and creating safer and more modern water projects.
Klobuchar, Franken, Peterson Announce Over $215,000 for Infrastructure Improvements at Baudette International Airport
U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken, along with Representative Collin Peterson, today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded Baudette International Airport a grant of $217,413 for infrastructure improvements
Klobuchar, Franken, Peterson Announce Over $350,000 for Infrastructure Improvements at Elbow Lake Municipal Airport
U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken, along with Representative Collin Peterson, today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded Elbow Lake Municipal Airport a grant of $357,570 for infrastructure improvements
Feinstein Announces Infrastructure Funds for California
Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today announced the U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded four California projects with grants from its Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) program.
Vitter Announces $2.6M for Infrastructure Improvements to Louisiana Airports
U.S. Senator David Vitter (R-La.) today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) will be awarding multiple grants totaling $2,356,267 to fund projects to improve Louisiana airports in Concordia, Richland, and Bossier Parishes. Additio...
Mayor Kasim Reed Advances $380 Million in New Transportation Infrastructure Spending for November TSPLOST...
Mayor Kasim Reed announced today that the Atlanta City Council has voted 13 to 1 to approve a measure to put a special local option sales tax (TSPLOST) referendum on the November ballot to fund transportation related infrastructure projects throughout...
Republican-Led Senate Approves Legislation to Provide Important Energy and Water Infrastructure Work in Kentucky
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell praised Senate passage today of an energy security and water infrastructure bill which is important to Kentucky and to America. The measure provides critical resources that Senator McConnell helped secure for...
Water Infrastructure Investments Advance
U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today voted in favor of advancing the “Water Resources Development Act” to the full Senate for its consideration. The bill would make targeted investments to the nation’s ports and waterways for the movement of goods and commerce, protect lives and property from floods, and restore vital ecosystems. The measure was passed by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Reed, Health, & Water Infrastructure Officials Taking Steps to Protect RIers & Prevent Drinking...
In an effort to ensure that tap water in Rhode Island remains clean and safe to drink, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today met with local, state, and federal officials at the Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank to ensure water problems like those in Flint, Michi...
Federal Highway Bill to Bring Infrastructure Improvements to New Hampshire
Manchester's former mayor, a current member of the House Financial Services Committee, explained that the STRR Act ends a series of short-term fixes that have caused delays and waste around the country. "Previous Congresses, Republican and Democrat, ha...
KLOBUCHAR TALKS TRANSPORTATION, INFRASTRUCTURE
U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar made a stop in Marshall Wednesday during her Connecting Minnesota tour focused on improving workforce development and expanding access to broadband in rural areas. City leaders met with Klobuchar at the Southwest Minnesota Regio...
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces $4.9 Million in Investments for Rural Alabama Businesses and Community...
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is in Alabama today to announce $4.9 million in new funding for projects that will protect public safety and health, improve water and wastewater infrastructure and create expanded economic opportunities in rural ...
EPA to Improve Wastewater Infrastructure in Cabot, Ark.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently awarded the city of Cabot, Ark. $485,000 to install new wastewater treatment equipment. The upgrades will include 10,000 feet of wastewater piping that will help address sanitary sewer overflows
Senate Passes Long-Term Transportation Investment Bill with Kirk Priorities for Illinois
U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) today helped pass long-term highway and rail bill that invests $6.3 billion in Illinois highways and transit systems over the next three years and includes Kirk-authored legislation to reform and reauthorize the Export-I...
Murkowski Votes to Protect Veteran Health Care and Jobs, Support Transportation and Infrastructure Efforts
Senator Lisa Murkowski cast her vote today for the Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act, a bill featuring several benefits for Alaska’s military community, construction sector and small businesses. It provides three...
Bustos Reiterates Call for Long-Term Highway Bill & Reauthorization of Export-Import Bank
Congresswoman Cheri Bustos (IL-17), a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, reiterated her call for a long-term, bipartisan highway funding bill to protect Illinois jobs and critical transportation projects. Earlier today, th...
Seattle releases strategy to reduce stormwater pollution with green approaches
Polluted stormwater runoff is the leading water quality threat to Puget Sound, and today Mayor Murray released a draft citywide Green Stormwater Infrastructure Strategy, outlining plans to accelerate green approaches for preventing this type of water p...
Mayor Kasim Reed Breaks Ground on First Renew Atlanta Infrastructure Bond Project
Mayor Kasim Reed, Councilmember C.T. Martin, Public Works Commissioner Richard Mendoza, and more than one hundred community members celebrated the groundbreaking of the first Renew Atlanta Infrastructure Bond project today. Following the groundbreaking...
Kentucky Public Transportation Infrastructure Authority votes to join electronic toll consortium E-ZPass Group
The Kentucky Public Transportation Infrastructure Authority (KPTIA) today voted to join the E-ZPass Group, which operates a common electronic toll payment program in 15 states. With an E-ZPass transponder, tolls can automatically be paid on any toll ro...
Bed-Stuy Apartment Workers, Tenants To Protest Illegal Firings, Deplorable Conditions Under New “Hip” Owner
Workers, tenants, elected officials and union leaders will rally at 1711 Fulton Street in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood on Thursday night to call on the building owner to restore good jobs for the building’s workers, who saw their pay ...
Legislative Crisis Shows That Repatriation is the Long-Term Infrastructure Funding Solution We Need
Tuesday, it was reported that the House will likely consider a three-month extension to the Highway Trust Fund on Wednesday, a short-term patch following two weeks of heated debate in the Senate. Absent Congressional action, the Highway Trust Fund, th...
House Coast Guard Subcommittee Addresses Foreign Oil Spills and Ice Breakers
Two bills cosponsored by Alaska Congressman Don Young were considered in the House Transportation and Infrastructure Coast Guard Subcommittee today – one to update the Oil Pollution Act (OPA) of 1990 as it relates to foreign spills, another to establ...
Texas Delegation Works Together to Invest in Border Infrastructure
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) joined Congressman Will Hurd (R-TX), Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), and Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX) in efforts to give states more flexibility in how they use federal transportation funds, allowing them to invest more...
N.Y. POWER AUTHORITY, MONROE COUNTY COMPLETE $15.2 MILLION ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROJECT
The New York Power Authority and Monroe County today announced the completion of a $15.2 million energy efficiency project at the Monroe County Civic Center that will save more than $750,000 in annual energy costs
Congresswoman Esty Leads Charge for Long-Term Fix for Nation’s Infrastructure
Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty (CT-5), a member of the New Democrat Coalition and the U.S. House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure, sent a letter to Speaker Boehner and Leader Pelosi calling for a permanent solution to funding the Highway...
LARSON, SHUSTER, DELAURO, AND ESTY HIGHLIGHT IMPORTANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) hosted Rep. Bill Shuster (PA-09), Chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, in Connecticut's First District to highlight the need for investment in the area's bridges, roads, and transit systems. They bega...
Delaney Publishes Op-Ed On Infrastructure 2.0 Act, Outlines Best Framework for Tax Reform &...
Congressman John K. Delaney (MD-6) has published an op-ed in The Hill on his bipartisan legislation, The Infrastructure 2.0 Act. The op-ed outlines the approach needed to combine international corporate tax reform and infrastructure investment and lays...
DeLauro, Larson, Shuster And Esty Highlight Importance Of Infrastructure Investment
Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) hosted Rep. Bill Shuster (PA-09), Chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, in Connecticut's First District to highlight the need for investment in the area's bridges, roads, and transit systems. They bega...
DEMOCRATIC LEADER NANCY PELOSI AND FRESHMAN CLASS PRESIDENT TED LIEU PRESS CONFERENCE ON CRITICAL...
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Congressman Ted W. Lieu hosted a press conference this morning to discuss the urgent need for expanded, long-term infrastructure investment in Santa Monica, Los Angeles and cities across America.
ICYMI: New York Times on Delaney’s Leadership Role on Infrastructure Funding
On Thursday, July 16, the New York Times published an article on the future of infrastructure investment in Congress, citing Congressman John K. Delaney (MD-6) as a source of consensus on infrastructure funding.
