Official Team Britt Newsletter

U.S. Senator Katie Britt secures over $80 million for Alabama infrastructure

As a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, U.S. Senator Katie Britt voted to advance the Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. Specific measures within this year’s bill will allocate over $80 million to modernize and upgrade critical transportation infrastructure across Alabama, with $50 million of that tranche secured personally by Britt.

 

“I was proud to secure priorities that empower economic development, improve safety, and grow opportunity in our local communities,” said Sen. Katie Britt.

 

Among the targeted funds, Sen. Britt secured $30.1 million for local road and bridge improvement projects throughout the state — including $20 million for the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) to improve and widen SR-167 from Pike County to Coffee County, building on a similar $20 million secured for SR-167 in FY24.

Sen. Katie Britt introduces proposals to address the rising cost of childcare

 

U.S. Senator Katie Britt introduced two bipartisan pieces of legislation, the Child Care Availability and Affordability Act and the Child Care Workforce Act, with the goal of making childcare more affordable and accessible by enhancing existing tax credits and increasing the supply of child care providers.

 

Sen. Britt joined reporters on Wednesday morning to discuss a range of legislative topics. The Senator was first asked about two bills she recently helped to introduce that would make child care more affordable and accessible for millions of Americans, in turn aiding small businesses.

 

The Child Care Availability and Affordability Act and the Child Care Workforce Act, if passed, could achieve the Senator’s goal of reinforcing small businesses by strengthening existing tax credits to lower childcare costs and increase the supply of childcare providers.

Katie Britt champions ‘Lulu’s Law’ to protect beachgoers from shark attacks, inspired by Alabama teen’s heroic survival

After a shark attack in Florida almost took the life of a young Mountain Brook girl, U.S. Senator Katie Britt introduced a bill to protect and rescue any American in similar danger much faster.

 

Britt named the bill ‘Lulu’s Law’ in honor of the attack victim, Lulu Gribbin. The law would classify shark attacks as events for which Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEAs) are transmitted.

 

WEAs are critical notifications sent to inform first responders and the public about imminent threats to safety or essential information. These alerts are transmitted via mobile networks and can reach individuals quickly, regardless of whether they are subscribed. The inclusion of shark attacks as a trigger for WEAs, as proposed in Lulu’s Law, would enable authorities to swiftly warn beachgoers about recent shark sightings or incidents.

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