Long-Term Funding for Highways and Transit to be Focus of Subcommittee Hearing

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Long-Term Funding for Highways and Transit to be Focus of Subcommittee Hearing

The following press release was published by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on March 2, 2018. It is reproduced in full below.

The Highways and Transit Subcommittee will hold a hearing next week to hear views of transportation stakeholders regarding the benefits to the Nation of long-term funding for highways and transit programs, and the sustainability of current methods of providing funding.

The hearing of the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, chaired by U.S. Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO), is entitled, “Building a 21st Century Infrastructure for America: Long-Term Funding for Highways and Transit Programs." The hearing is scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 7, 2018, in 2167 Rayburn House Office Building.

Witness list:

Mr. John Schroer, Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Transportation; on behalf of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials

Mr. Michael Lewis, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Transportation; on behalf of the Western Road Use Charge Consortium (RUC West)

Mr. Chris Spear, President and CEO, American Trucking Associations

Mr. Ed Mortimer, Executive Director, Transportation and Infrastructure, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Ms. Thea Lee, President, Economic Policy Institute

More information about the Highways and Transit Subcommittee hearing, including a witness list, testimony, additional background information, and live webcast, will be posted here as it becomes available.

Source: House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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