Yesterday I voted to pass the Highway and Transportation Funding Act, because without the stable funding provided by the Highway Trust Fund, more than 200 ongoing federally funded highway projects would have been jeopardized in West Virginia alone. I would have preferred to vote on a long-standing federally funded transportation and highway package or the Senate’s version of this bill, which would have reauthorized the funding until December and would have allowed the opportunity to craft a long-term deal. However, we simply could not afford to postpone funding these projects; not a single state could take that risk. We needed to vote on approving this funding immediately. To read my full statement, please visit my website: manchin.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=8ecde9a9-ffaa-42f9-9f07-12a2cc1e6362
Posted on: Fri, 01 Aug 2014 14:59:55 +0000
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