The Hill News

In February 2011, Chairman John Mica (R-FL) brought his Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to Columbus, Ohio as a part of his series of hearings that sought to hear public official and stakeholders’ ideas for improving and reforming our nation's surface transportation programs. What we heard time and time again was that that regulatory overreach and redundant spending programs were crippling our economy, stifling job creation, and wasting our limited federal resources. Businesses, state and local officials, and transportation experts pleaded for us to reform transportation programs, cut through bureaucratic red tape, and help them get people back to work.

One year later, we are poised to vote on the American Energy & Infrastructure Jobs Act, which is a reauthorization and reform of federal transportation programs, combined with an expansion of domestic energy production. This critical initiative will help build our nation’s infrastructure, reform! transportation programs, ease rising gas prices, strengthen the economy, and create jobs here in America.

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