By a vote of 217-214 the House completed action this week on five of the remaining six FY 2026 appropriations bills and President Trump has signed the measure. As part of the agreement to get the funding package completed the Department of Homeland Security measure was extended under a continuing resolution for two weeks while negotiations continue on ICE enforcement reforms.
Recently confirmed USDOT Secretary Duffy shared President Trump’s transportation infrastructure vision this week with state highway officials. “He wants me to help you build more, build faster, build better, and probably more beautifully as well,” Duffy noted. “So that is the mission we want and we’ve got to partner together to figure that out. So I do want to build more but I want to build more with less money and I want us to build in a shorter period of time.”