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| https://welch.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/hoyer-welch-house-democrats-send-letter-speaker-ryan-need-robust-long | Hoyer, Welch, House Democrats Send Letter to Speaker Ryan on Need for Robust, Long-Term Surface Transportation Funding | 2015-11-27 | 2015 | 2015-11 | Democrat | House | VT | Peter Welch | W000800 | welch.house.gov | legacy | WASHINGTON, DC - House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) joined Congressman Peter Welch (VT) and 60 Democrats in sending the following letter to Speaker Ryan on Wednesday about the need for robust, long-term funding for infrastructure repairs and improvements that will strengthen America's economic competitiveness. To read the letter, click here or see below. November 25, 2015 Hon. Paul D. Ryan Speaker U.S. House of Representatives H-232, The Capitol Washington, DC 20515 Dear Mr. Speaker: As the House and Senate work to finalize a long term surface transportation conference report, we urge you to support the higher funding levels needed to strengthen our surface transportation infrastructure and improve our competitiveness. There is bipartisan agreement that our transportation infrastructure is crumbling because the federal investment has failed to keep pace with our growing transportation needs. A quarter of our bridges are deficient; more than half our road are rated below good condition, and congestion increasingly burdens commerce. The American Society of Civil Engineers gives our infrastructure a nearly failing grade of D+. Prior to MAP-21, successive surface transportation bills consistently provided significant increases in funding. Unfortunately, while the Senate bill does contain small increases above the current inadequate baseline spending levels, neither the House nor the Senate version of H.R. 22 identifies or guarantees the funding sources sufficient to maintain our current transportation infrastructure, let alone the upgrades that are so urgently needed to expand and modernize that infrastructure. Given this shortfall in funding, we urge you to join us in supporting a conference report that packs the most punch by shortening the duration of the reauthorization perhaps to three or four years instead of six -- and increasing the transportation investment in each of those years. This is not a novel idea: the Chamber of Commerce recently wrote, The Chamber urges you to ensure that the conference report maximizes the benefits it would provide, rather than focusing on the number of years the transportation authorization would last. Providing increased funding for projects within less than the six year duration of this bill would help ensure long overdue needs are addressed in a more timely basis. We believe this approach will create jobs, improve our international competitiveness, make our roads safer, and provide American families and businesses with better transportation alternatives. Sincerely yours, Steny Hoyer Peter Welch James E. Clyburn Joseph Crowley Brad Ashford Ami Bera Donald Beyer Earl Blumenauer Madeleine Z. Bordallo Brendan Boyle Julia Brownley Tony Crdenas Kathy Castor Yvette Clarke Wm. Lacy Clay Jim Costa Elijah E. Cummings John K. Delaney Mark DeSaulnier Ted Deutch Michael F. Doyle Tammy Duckworth Elizabeth H. Esty Sam Farr Ruben Gallego John Garamendi Alan Grayson Gene Green Raul M. Grijalva Luis V. Gutirrez Alcee L. Hastings Brian Higgins Ruben Hinojosa Michael Honda William R. Keating Robin Kelly Daniel T. Kildee Derek Kilmer Ann Kirkpatrick Ann M. Kuster Brenda L. Lawrence Barbara Lee Ted Lieu Alan S. Lowenthal Michelle Lujan Grisham Jerry McNerney Gregory W. Meeks Grace Meng Gwen Moore Seth Moulton Donald Norcross Ed Perlmutter Scott Peters Pedro R. Pierluisi Mark Pocan Jared Polis Mike Quigley Kathleen M. Rice Linda Snchez Bobby Scott Terri Sewell Eric Swalwell | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |