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| http://shuster.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=49&itemid=641 | Shuster Reelected Chairman of Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | 2014-11-19 | 2014 | 2014-11 | Republican | House | PA | Bill Shuster | S001154 | shuster.house.gov | legacy | WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Bill Shuster (R-Hollidaysburg) was reelected by the House Republican Conference today to continue serving as Chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in the 114th session of Congress. “I look forward to continue serving as Chairman of a committee so vital to our nation’s future,” said Congressman Shuster. “By having a strong infrastructure we not only create jobs and economic growth for American businesses and consumers here at home, but we remain competitive with the rest of the world.” Chairman Shuster has been one of the most effective members in moving fiscally responsible and pro-growth legislation through the Congress passing major pieces of legislation such as the Home Heating Emergency Assistance through Transportation Act (HHEAT),the Waters of the US Regulatory Overreach Protection Act of 2014, and the Keystone Pipeline Northern Route Approval Act. Shuster highlighted his first term as Chairman by passing his bipartisan Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA) which passed 417-3 in the House, 91-7 in the Senate, and was signed into law. This waterways infrastructure legislation which deauthorized $12 billion in wasteful projects will ensure that necessary investments are made to our nation’s port and waterways, and will strengthen our economic competitiveness by delivering goods to markets faster and cheaper. “As a member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee I have not only been able to advance policies that have national economic benefits, but have had major implications for Pennsylvania such as the Route 219 expansion in Somerset County,” continued Shuster. “I will continue to work with my committee to fight against the EPA’s regulatory overreach on farmers and homebuilders in the 9th District by stopping its damaging Waters of the US proposal.” Shuster was a co-author of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act. This legislation helped provide federal funding for the Route 219 project in Somerset County. More recently, Shuster guided H.R. 5078, the Waters of the United States Regulatory Overreach Protection Act through the House. Before helping it pass, Shuster chaired a Congressional field hearing in Altoona to raise awareness on the issue. About the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee One of the largest committees in Congress, the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee currently has jurisdiction over all modes of transportation: aviation, maritime and waterborne transportation, roads, mass transit, and railroads. The committee also has jurisdiction over other aspects of our national infrastructure, including clean water and waste water management, the transport of resources by pipeline, flood damage reduction, the economic development of depressed rural and urban areas, disaster preparedness and response, activities of the Army Corps of Engineers, and the various missions of the Coast Guard. Ever since the first Congress authorized a lighthouse on Cape Henry, Virginia as an aid to ships sailing through Hampton Roads, the Congress of the United States has been involved in providing for the nation’s transportation infrastructure. In the more than two hundred years since the Cape Henry Lighthouse first shown out across the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, the committees of the House of Representatives responsible for public works and infrastructure have changed names and grown in scope. However, the mission remains essentially the same: providing a strong backbone upon which the nation’s people and commerce can flourish. ### | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |