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Tag: Transportation Construction Coalition Fly-In
Roadbuilding
AEM, equipment industry leaders head to D.C. to demand infrastructure bill
AEM, along with the NAPA and NSSGA, increase advocacy during national Infrastructure Week to help bring a transformative infrastructure bill to fruition.
May 14, 2018
Roadbuilding
Transportation Construction Coalition Fly-In is May 10-11; registration filling fast
This yearâs Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC) Fly-In, being held May 10-11 at the Hyatt Regency Washington at 400 New Jersey Ave. NW in Washington, D.C., is filling up fast, according to a National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA) press release. Everyone is encouraged to join with colleagues to advocate for the industry at the fly-in. Although a five-year highway [âŚ]
April 14, 2016
Roadbuilding
How to earn $500 to attend the TCC Fly-In
The current surface transportation bill, Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21) expires on September 30, and the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) is almost bankrupt. To help garner support for ensuring the HTF does not become insolvent, the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) is offering a $500 travel incentive to attend the upcoming [âŚ]
May 14, 2014
Roadbuilding
The pros and cons of transportation funding options
Following transportation funding discussions at this weekâs Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC) Fly-In in Washington, D.C., Politico has reported the pros and cons of the four most popular money-raising options. Lawmakers at the Fly-In discussed four main options for funding infrastructure projects: implement a higher gas tax, enforce a vehicle-miles-traveled fee, expand oil and gas drilling [âŚ]
June 6, 2013
Roadbuilding
Funding talks on The Hill lay groundwork for reauthorization
Debriefing a number of contractors and agency folk who spent most of the daylight hours yesterday talking to politicians on The Hill last night was not a very uplifting experience. They had gone to talk to members of Congress who are influentialâsome big-time, some not soâin funding transportation infrastructure. And most said they heard what [âŚ]
June 6, 2013
Roadbuilding
Rahall: 2014 reauthorization to be different from MAP-21
Ranking member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) committee and West Virginia veteran Congressman Nick Rahall (D-WV) believes reauthorization in 2014 will be a far different process than the contentious and almost-failed MAP-21 work of 2012. Speaking to the Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC) in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, he recalled years on the committee [âŚ]
June 5, 2013
Roadbuilding
LaHood: Expect major transportation infrastructure announcement from Obama
Expect a major announcement on transportation infrastructure from President Obama. Thatâs the word from outgoing Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood. âOnce we get past immigration, guns, the sequester, I think the President is going to be big and bold on transportation infrastructure. So Iâm not going to steal his thunder. I think youâll see him [âŚ]
June 5, 2013
Roadbuilding
Shuster talks transportation funding, earmarks at TCC Fly-in
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) believes September 2014 reauthorization has much the same bipartisan support that surfaced for Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21), and a bill could be ready for the President to sign when MAP-21 expires. Funding, he said, is of course the key issue. Reforms [âŚ]
June 5, 2013
Roadbuilding
Boxer: Transportation funding is âpatriotic issueâ
The problems facing reauthorization have ânothing to do with politics,â said Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), addressing the Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC) Fly-in in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. They âhave to do with hard-nosed budgeting.â The major problems are all to do with funding, she insisted. âWe need to find a way to find a long-term [âŚ]
June 5, 2013
Roadbuilding
âRally for the Roadsâ on May 25 in D.C. will tout need for adequate highway funding
The National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA) and its allied trade associations will sponsor a âRally for Roadsâ on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on May 25 at 11 a.m. EDT, to bring attention to the critical need for Congress to develop and pass a well-funded, multi-year highway reauthorization bill. The Rally will [âŚ]
May 21, 2011
Roadbuilding
TCC Fly-In Upcoming
Time to make some noise. The Transportation Construction Coalition Fly-In and ARTBA Federal Issues Program start Monday 23rd. Iâll be there and Iâll be Tweeting. This is one of those events that could give this industry a major boost (Oh, and donât forget the Rally for Roads on the 25th. See my previous posting). A [âŚ]
May 20, 2011
Construction Equipment
âRally for the Roadsâ on 5/25 in D.C. will tout need for well-funded, multi-year highway reauthorization bill
The National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA) and its allied trade associations will sponsor a âRally for Roadsâ on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on May 25 at 11 a.m. EDT, to bring attention to the critical need for Congress to develop and pass a well-funded, multi-year highway reauthorization bill. The Rally will [âŚ]
May 9, 2011
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