ARTBA says Highways & Transit Subcommittee Chairman Sam Graves (R-Missouri) and Ranking Member Eleanor Homes Norton (D-Washington, D.C.) have issued a letter asking for such a solution. It expects a proposal to come from the committee next month.
Due to that timeline, the association is recommending individuals contact their member of the House before May 20, indicating any communication should including the desire for their representative to “support ending the Highway Trust Fund gimmicks and short-term patches by signing the Graves-Norton letter.”
ARTBA has an email form on its Grassroots Action Center including pre-filled text for the request.
Dear Representative:
Future funding for America’s highway/transit programs remains unclear since the FAST Act did not provide a permanent solution for the Highway Trust Fund (HTF).
I’m asking you to sign a bipartisan letter from House Highways & Transit Subcommittee Chair Sam Graves (R-Mo.) and Ranking Member Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) calling for an HTF fix to be included in broad tax reform legislation scheduled for June roll out.
“Simply put, if the HTF is unable to make payments to states, projects will be halted, improvements to road safety and congestion will be jeopardized, and America’s infrastructure will fall behind the rest of the world. This would put our businesses – and the American worker – at a significant disadvantage in the competitive global economy,” Graves-Norton write.
Please respond to let me, and my company, know that we can count on your signature. Thanks.
