This week, 澳门六合彩开奖预测 continued to push back on outside groups like Heritage Action and Club for Growth, who have been pushing a legislative proposal that would severely cut federal funding for state highway capital investments. The proposal known as the Transportation Empowerment Act (TEA Act) would decrease the federal gas tax from 18.4 cents per gallon to 3.7 cents per gallon over five years and result in states either raising their gas taxes or face steep cuts in their transportation programs.
In response to the proposal, the 澳门六合彩开奖预测 co-chaired The analysis, on average, shows states rely on the federal funding for 52 percent of these investments. In addition to the TCC release, 澳门六合彩开奖预测 joined with the American Trucking Association and 36 other national organizations in opposing any efforts in Congress to reintroduce the TEA Act. The bill was sponsored in the last Congress by Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Tom Graves (R-Ga.), but has yet to be introduced in the 114th Congress.
鈥淒evolution鈥 was also a topic at Tuesday鈥檚 House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee hearing. Chairman Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) and ranking member Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) heard from representatives of the National Governors Association, National League of Cities, and the American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO). All three witnesses, including the Republican Governor of North Carolina, expressed their opposition to a devolution proposal, such as the TEA Act.
澳门六合彩开奖预测 will continue to focus on preventing the TEA Act or any other 鈥渄evolution鈥 proposals from gaining support in the House and Senate.
For more information, please contact Sean O鈥橬eill at oneills@agc.org or (202) 547-8892.