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."