What if we used highway funds to pay for highways?
E&E News (2/26/20) reports: "Senate Environment and Public Works Chairman John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) today touted the climate change provisions in the chamber's $287 billion highway bill. Addressing the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials this morning, Barrasso boasted that S. 2302, 'America's Transportation Infrastructure Act,' would improve the resilience of projects to extreme weather events. 'The system of roads is affected by climate. There is no doubt about it,' the No. 3 Senate Republican said at AASHTO's annual Washington briefing. 'The roads and bridges must be resilient enough to handle extreme weather events like hurricanes and floods,' he added. 'In addition, the highways need to withstand natural disasters like wildfires, earthquakes and rock slides.' In addition to resilience, which has long held bipartisan appeal, Barrasso also addressed the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transportation, the country's largest source of carbon pollution. 'The bill provides resources to help states reduce carbon dioxide emissions,' he said. 'These funds can help ease traffic congestion as well as reduce transportation-related emissions.'"
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"It would be hard to find anything NOT to like about this great American success story. We've achieved energy independence; reliable and inexhaustible supply; low prices; reduced power of the Middle East, Russia and other OPEC nations; and cleaner air than at any other time in at least a century."
– Stephen Moore, FreedomWorks
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