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Archive for the ‘Bipartisan’ Category

NSSGA’s President & CEO Says Falsehoods About Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Must Be Met With Facts

Friday, December 10th, 2021
NSSGA President & CEO Michael Johnson and NSSGA Chairman Darin Matson spoke with U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg while at the White House celebrating President Biden signing the bipartisan infrastructure bill.

Originally posted on Faster Better Safer, the blog of Americans for Transportation Mobility Listen to the 14-minute podcast The message from National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA) President & CEO Michael Johnson is diplomatic, but also direct: Americans have always rallied around building a better country for their children and their children‘s children, and today […]

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Infrastructure Week 2021 Highlights

Friday, May 21st, 2021

For some highlights of the Infrastructure Week 2021, check out the below videos from the kickoff and other keynote events. Visit the United for Infrastructure Vimeo page for all of the great panel conversations, video spotlights, and interviews the made this 9th annual United for Infrastructure a week to remember!

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ACEC’S ENGINEERING INC. — Chairman Peter DeFazio, a Tough Advocate for Infrastructure Investment

Monday, April 1st, 2019
Engineering, Inc. March/ April 2019 Cover - Chairman Peter DeFazio

In an exclusive interview with ACEC’s Engineering Inc., DeFazio discusses his plan to secure robust infrastructure investment that translates into significant job creation, increased safety, economic efficiency and strategic growth.

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ACEC’S ENGINEERING INC. — An Uncertain Yet Hopeful Legislative Outlook

Thursday, February 7th, 2019

Will Democrats and Republicans work together as promised? What will become of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, and what funding options have the best chance of passing both chambers of Congress?

Some Member Firms remain optimistic that industry goals can be achieved given the bipartisan support for national infrastructure that is in desperate need of repair. Many newly elected lawmakers are also eager to make their mark. With any administration, however, priorities can change quickly.

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Is Infrastructure (once more) emerging as a federal priority?

Thursday, January 31st, 2019

Although the federal government shutdown has dominated media headlines for more than a month, another subject – a cornerstone of the Trump presidential campaign – is sneaking its way back into the news.

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Guest on The Infra Blog: Frederick G. “Bud” Wright, Former Executive Director, AASHTO

Tuesday, January 29th, 2019
Bud Wright, Executive Director, AASHTO

…both with the Trump administration and certainly with the Congress, there’s an acknowledgment that we need to do more, that infrastructure is the backbone of a thriving economy…Now, the differences begin pretty soon after you get past that statement, because I think there is great division in the country about whose responsibility it is. The Trump administration has sought to incentivize state and local governments in the private sector…I think state and local governments, certainly the members of our association, AASHTO, the state Departments of Transportation, see the federal component of investment in transportation infrastructure as critically important because it really is the foundation upon which state DOTs build to provide for the transportation investment needs within their states or within their communities.

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Transportation infrastructure is bearing much of the brunt of the government shutdown

Thursday, January 24th, 2019

The longest government shutdown in history continues and the impact has spread far beyond government workers and their families. It is difficult to find any business, school, hospital, city, county, college, university or local government organization that is not suffering as a result of the shutdown. The negative impact on retail establishments of all types, farmers, contractors, social service organizations and citizen workers has been great as well. It strikes at the heart of the country’s economic stability and it is devastating for issues related to the nation’s crumbling infrastructure.

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Momentum builds for infrastructure improvements

Monday, December 17th, 2018
Kenneth Fisher, InfrastructureUSA Senior Fellow

While little progress has been made since candidate Donald Trump promised a half trillion dollar infrastructure program, or since he revealed a $200 billion federal spending plan which could theoretically leverage both state and private investment earlier this year, chances have improved that a meaningful appropriation could be adopted in the new Congress. 

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New Opportunities for Bipartisanship

Wednesday, November 14th, 2018
The Art of the Possible: Bipartisan Possibilities - U.S. Chamber

The results of last week’s election are in – Americans delivered a split decision on the makeup of the next Congress. In the House, Democrats won control from the Republicans and now hold the majority. In the Senate, Republicans maintained power and even added seats to their majority. This means that we’ll be operating under divided government for the next two years. But it doesn’t mean that nothing will get done.

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ACEC’S ENGINEERING INC. — The Redesign of ACEC

Tuesday, April 10th, 2018
David Raymond at the 2014 Rally for the Roads: American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC)

AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC) Written by Calvin Hennick Over the past two decades, the American Council of Engineering Companies has grown in membership and stature, and become a powerful voice on Capitol Hill, and in state capitals throughout the nation—with outgoing President/CEO Dave Raymond at the center of it all. When Dave Raymond […]

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