Over his years in office, Rep. Peter DeFazio has become one of the staunchest proponents for increasing federal dollars to repair and modernize the nation’s infrastructure.

As chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives, DeFazio was instrumental during the lengthy legislative negotiations that culminated in the $1 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that President Joe Biden signed in November. As he looks toward wrapping up his career in Congress — DeFazio is not seeking reelection this fall — he listed the sweeping legislative package among his achievements.


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Speaker Nancy Pelosi wants to hold a vote on both the Build Back Better Act and the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill today. A vote sometime in the next two days on legislation calling for nearly $3 trillion in federal spending that’s been delayed for weeks. Predicting congressional votes is a short-term career but House leadership, especially after fallout from this Tuesday’s elections, are being pressured to Build Back Better fast!


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While the political maneuvering continues in the House, industry and business groups reacted favorably to a massive, comprehensive, bipartisan highway, transit, water, broadband construction bill. Here’s some reaction: American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall on the Senate passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.


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