CAWP News Issue 4-09

CAWP Member Testifies Before U.S. House Small Business Panel on Transportation Reauthorization

Jack Mills, CAWP Contractor Member and President of Plum Contracting, Inc., testified Thursday, July 16, 2009, before the House Small Business Committee’s Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight on the upcoming surface transportation reauthorization bill. Testifying before the subcommittee on the necessity for more investment in infrastructure provided CAWP and its members with the opportunity to speak directly to Congress about these critical issues. Mills testified on behalf of CAWP and AGC and called on Congress to pass a multi-year bill to replace SAFETEA-LU, set to expire on September 30, as well as an immediate fix to ensure that the Highway Trust Fund has the cash balance it needs to continue making daily reimbursements to state departments of transportation.

During the hearing, Subcommittee Chairman Jason Altmire (D-Pa.) and Ranking Member Mary Fallin (R-Okla.) indicated their opposition to an 18-month extension. Both are also members of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, which is currently debating a multi-year reauthorization bill, the Surface Transportation Authorization Act.

Click here to view Jack Mills’ testimony.