Join the Infrastructure Working Group in calling on the Senate to pass a long-term, robustly funded surface transportation reauthorization bill ahead of the September 30, 2020 deadline. Use the form below to sign onto the Infrastructure Working letter that urges Congress to apply our infrastructure principles to the next surface transportation bill. Learn more about the IWG principles here.
We invite you to add your organization’s name to this letter by September 27 at 2:00 p.m. EDT.
Substantial and long-term investments in all kinds of infrastructure are needed to expand our economy, grow jobs and compete globally. Passing a robust, long-term, on-time surface transportation bill is necessary to meet current infrastructure needs and begin to mitigate our nation’s infrastructure deficit. Please consider sharing it with other national organizations who might be interested in signing.
This letter is open to national trade associations and organizations.
Led by the National Association of Manufacturers and the Associated General Contractors, the Infrastructure Working Group exists to unite a diverse range of trade associations and build support for infrastructure investments. If you have any questions please contact Catie Kawchak, NAM Director of Infrastructure Policy at ckawchak@nam.org or (202) 637-3176 or Jimmy Christianson AGC Vice President of Government Relations jimmy.christianson@agc.org or (703) 837-5325.
Thank You for your support.
Infrastructure Working Group Letter
September XX, 2019
The Honorable Mitch McConnell
Majority Leader
U.S. Senate
The Honorable Charles Schumer
Minority Leader
U.S. Senate
Dear Majority Leader McConnell and Minority Leader Schumer:
As a participant of the Infrastructure Working Group, we urge bipartisan action to address our nation’s long-standing infrastructure deficit. As this challenge persists and worsens, we encourage you to move a long-term, robustly funded surface transportation reauthorization ahead of the September 30, 2020 deadline in order to avoid costly delays that slow construction schedules and make important projects more costly and more difficult to complete.
Substantial and long-term investments in all kinds of infrastructure are needed to expand our economy, grow jobs and compete globally. We appreciate strong bipartisan support for various infrastructure initiatives over the years and hope momentum recently initiated by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee can lead to a successful, bipartisan surface transportation reauthorization.
Joined together to advance meaningful investment in the structures and systems that link our communities, country and commerce, the Infrastructure Working Group has long called for a federal infrastructure package that accomplishes six key principles. We urge the
Senate to include these priorities:
- Significantly increase direct federal investments in infrastructure;
- Fix chronic challenges and address reoccurring shortages in key federal infrastructure accounts such as the Highway Trust Fund;
- Complement and strengthen existing tools, such as municipal bonds, that successfully deliver infrastructure investments at the federal, state and local levels;
- Facilitate opportunities for private investment in U.S. infrastructure;
- Create efficiencies such as accelerating the federal permitting process, while continuing to provide environmental protections, and;
- Encourage active participation among all levels of government and between public and private sectors without shifting federal responsibilities because no single partner can deliver a well-functioning, national U.S. infrastructure network driven by a long-term vision and funding stability.
The diverse voices from manufacturers to labor, construction to technology, agriculture to retailers and finance to local/state government are united by these principles. We are pleased that the America’s Transportation and Infrastructure Act includes several of these principles and urge other committees of jurisdiction continue to advance the legislative process and include our principles. Passing a robust, long-term, on-time surface transportation bill is necessary to meet current infrastructure needs and begin to mitigate our nation’s infrastructure deficit. We look forward to working with you to deliver meaningful investments in the foundation that connects our nation’s families and free enterprise.
Sincerely,