Reconciliation bill: Transportation secretaries from rural states raise alarm over green energy prov

State transportation secretaries argue provision gives Federal Highway Administration too much power

FOX Business By Audrey Conklin December 1, 2021

Five transportation secretaries from rural states are raising an alarm over a green-energy provision in Democrats' reconciliation bill.

Transportation secretaries from Wyoming, Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana say in a letter obtained by Fox News to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee that one provision of the bill gives the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) too much power. The letter says Section 110002(a) would give the FHWA the authority to impose general "consequences" on state highway programs if states do not reduce greenhouse gas emissions over a 10-year period.

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