Transport Topics
By Eugene Mulero
March 31, 2022
WASHINGTON — With a new $1 trillion infrastructure law potentially facilitating the distribution of billions of dollars in extra funding for infrastructure projects over the coming years, Republican leaders on the transportation panel in the U.S. House intend to push the Biden administration for input on the law’s implementation. By using a series of roundtable discussions with stakeholders, some of which have direct connections with infrastructure federal policies, the lawmakers take aim at the White House. They plan to press administration officials on their strategy for pursuing a clean energy future amid rising fuel prices, concerns about inflation and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
View the full article: TTNews.com Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.), ranking member on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, is leading his caucus’ approach on these oversight matters. The lawmakers’ next stakeholder-policy roundtable is scheduled for April 5.