Lawmakers offer competing priorities for infrastructure plans

The Hill

BY RYAN THOMAS January 29, 2021

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle expressed enthusiasm for a potential infrastructure package under the Biden administration Friday, while offering competing priorities for what the legislation should include. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.), speaking at The Hill’s “Reset 2021: A New American Start” event, stressed that infrastructure “has to be a national effort.” Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.), speaking at the same event, argued that the benefits of infrastructure can be achieved with funding mechanisms that don’t include an increase in the federal gas tax.

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