Department of transportation. The administration is proposing 94 billion in mandatory and Discretionary Spending for the department of transportation in his school year 2016. Included is proposed a six years 478 billion Service Transportation reauthorization paid for by a onetime 14 tax on the repatriation of the foreign parents foreign earns. While i support a repatriation proposal and am completely open to using some of the resulting funds for our infrastructure the president s budget is based on a reauthorization that is budgeted by a mandated approach. It really fails to propose any reforms necessary to bring about a longterm solvency of the highway and van transit trust funds. It is perplexing to hear the administrations half about how important our nations needed and yet the an ministration continues to remain silent on trust fund reforms that are put into place in order to address our crumbling roads, bridges, now and in the future. Simply saying we are happy to work with congre