1/27/2012
LandLineMag.com
By David Tanner, associate editor
Transportation leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives say they’ll introduce a long-term surface transportation bill next week.
Rep. John Mica, R-FL, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, said financing for the bill will be tied to American energy production.
“America needs to rebuild its infrastructure but I do not support what appears to be the President’s plan to finance that effort by downsizing the military,” Mica said in a statement following President Obama’s State of the Union address on Tuesday, Jan. 24.
“Next week Republicans will introduce a long-stalled major transportation measure – killed two years ago by the President – that will be financed in part by increased American energy production, creating jobs and lowering energy costs.” FULL ARTICLE
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Fri, January 27, 2012
by John Cox