ATA Steps Up Pressure on Obama Administration
The American Trucking Associations (ATA) is keeping its pedal to the metal when it comes to pressure on the Obama administration regarding the reauthorization plan for transportation.
“We expect that in the coming days Secretary Foxx and the Obama administration will present their transportation reauthorization plan to Congress,” said ATA President and CEO Bill Graves.
“While this proposal will be lauded as a great step forward for transportation,” he continued, “that will only be true if the administration offers long-term solutions to our highway and bridge infrastructure shortcomings – and not yet another in a series of quick fixes.”
ATA has called on Congress and the administration to keep the Highway Trust Fund solvent by using user fees to ensure consistent, long-term federal funding.
“If reports are correct that the administration’s plan will center on proceeds from the unlikely passage of corporate tax reform and increased use of inefficient tolling and private finance options, then this proposal will be a tremendous missed opportunity,” Graves said.
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