IT'S ABOUT TIME!!!!!

IT'S ABOUT TIME!!!!!

Wheels turning on infrastructure bill in rare moment of Trump-Democratic cooperation - Washington Examiner

President Trump made infrastructure a top priority during his 2016 campaign and most recently mentioned the issue during his State of the Union address.

This week, in a rare display of cooperation between top Trump aides and a House Democrat, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and senior presidential adviser Ivanka Trump met with Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means, to talk about infrastructure.

Additionally, at a Wednesday conference hosted by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, or AASHTO, U.S. lawmakers said they were ready to get down to business.

"We're going to get busy here pretty quick," said Rep. Sam Graves, R-Mo., the ranking Republican on the House Transportation Committee. "There's some oversight stuff that's taking place right now, but then we're going to jump right into the infrastructure package."

Ed Mortimer, vice president of infrastructure at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has told Neal and House Transportation Committee Chairman Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., to bring up a bill in the House by May or June. In a statement, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., told the Washington Examiner, "Democrats and Republicans agree that we must take action to address our aging infrastructure systems."