DOT 132-08
Wednesday, September 11, 2008
Contact: Brian Turmail
Tel.: (202) 366-4570
Statement by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters on House of
Representatives Action on Highway Trust Fund
"Congress has acted quickly to protect states from the pain of a funding
shortfall in the highway trust fund, but the fundamental funding flaws that
plague the nation's transportation system will continue to wreak havoc if left
unfixed. Congress must now address the obvious need for meaningful reforms to
improve the way we raise and invest transportation funds, as this Administration
has proposed and requested for years. I urge members to do so with the same
bipartisan spirit and energy they demonstrated in voting for these additional
resources."
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