WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd is urging the Obama administration to move forward on a new long-term transportation bill.
Citing an urgent need to create jobs, infuse the economy and address crumbling infrastructure, Byrd, D-W.Va., has written to President Barack Obama calling on his administration to swiftly move forward with a long-term, comprehensive reauthorization of surface transportation and transit programs. The current authorization expired on September 30, and Congress only passed a temporary extension of the programs that will expire on Dec. 18.
For more on this story, and other news, see Saturday’s Daily Telegraph.
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AFTERNOON UPDATE: Byrd urges administration to move forward on highway bill
Anonymous The Bluefield Daily Telegraph Fri Nov 13, 2009, 12:40 PM EST
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