Mixed Responses to INVEST in America Act
July 01, 2021
There are other things that get passed that I will leave to your imagination .
House Democrats crafted it, House Republicans ridicule it, rail labor loves it, APTA likes it, AAR dismisses it, and ASLRRA notes it’s merely a first step in a tedious process: It’s H.R. 3684, the INVEST (Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation) in America Act, passed by the full House in a largely partisan vote. It has a snowball’s chance in Seattle’s June heat wave of going anywhere. Wasted time, wasted effort? Probably, but that’s Washington.
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Small Roads, Ports Outline Infrastructure Investment, Policy Priorities
Small Roads, Ports Outline Infrastructure Investment, Policy Priorities Written by Marybeth Luczak, Executive Editor
American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) President Chuck Baker and American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) President and CEO Chris Connor offered supply chain investment and policy recommendations during a hearing this week of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation, Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, Maritime, Freight, and Ports.
Chuck Baker, ASLRRA
In his testimony, ASLRRA’s Baker highlighted the industry’s contributions to the U.S. supply chain, and made four key legislative policy recommendations that could “create more leverage toward meeting economic and environmental goals as part of a surface transportation or infrastructure bill in the 117th Congress.”