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Congressman Garret Graves (R-District 6) was not impressed. “This supposed bipartisan infrastructure deal is a disaster,” said Graves. “It’s a fundamental mistake to let President Biden hold infrastructure hostage with the veto threat contingent on he and the left getting their partisan ‘human infrastructure’ spending package. We have the president basically saying, ‘I get what I want, or nobody gets anything.’ And if he does get his way, it will be hundreds of billions of dollars wasted on the expansion of failed social welfare programs and paying peop...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY With infrastructure becoming a primary political focus in 2021, it is worth considering not just the overall funding levels but also opportunities to reform some of the underlying administrative burdens involved in potential projects. According to quantified data made available by past reform efforts, the paperwork filings currently involved in many infrastructure permitting […]

Congress floats two highway funding proposals; one ignores truck parking With the current highway spending legislation, the FAST Act, set to expire Sept. 30, some House Republicans and a bipartisan Senate committee each released surface transportation funding proposals in the last week. The Republicans’ plan, the Surface Transportation Advanced through Reform, Technology, & Efficient Review (STARTER) Act 2.0, would provide more than $400 billion for infrastructure over five years and prioritizes programs that address core infrastructure functions, notably highways and bridges. Republi...

House Republicans Offer $400B Counter Offer on Infrastructure In yet another effort to garner bipartisan support for an infrastructure proposal, House Republicans offer a potential third option for infrastructure funding, one that’s more narrowly focused than either the White House or Senate Republicans’ plan May 21, 2021 Hannahmarie Bazzano/Facebook Negotiations in Washington continue as Democrats and Republicans try to come to an agreement on how to bring President Biden's $2 trillion infrastructure package to life.  Democrats have applauded the American Jobs Plan but Republicans say t...

GOP lawmaker points to Colonial Pipeline as infrastructure vulnerability Crawford Humphreys © Greg Nash GOP lawmaker points to Colonial Pipeline as infrastructure vulnerability Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.) said Wednesday that the recent ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline exposed "another vulnerability" in America's infrastructure. Speaking at The Hill's "The Future of Mobility Summit," Graves, who is the top Republican on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, stressed the need to safeguard critical systems like utilities to prevent similar attacks in the fut...