Ed Mortimer
- Former Vice President, Transportation and Infrastructure
Ed Mortimer is the former vice president of Transportation and Infrastructure at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
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A modern infrastructure bill is the prime opportunity for Congress to come together and improve the day-to-day lives of the American people.
Every wasted hour in traffic means delayed deliveries to customers or money that could be invested in creating jobs.
Closing the water investment gap would generate over $220 billion in annual economic activity and create and sustain 1.3 million jobs.
The American business community knows what regulatory overreach looks like, and we know the effect it has on economic growth. In 1978, Congress approved and President Jimmy Carter signed legislation to deregulate the aviation industry. A few years later, Congress also agreed to deregulate the motor carrier and freight railroad industries. By allowing free-market competition in these industries, we have experienced an unprecedented rise in reliability, safety, and efficiency.
Americans from coast to coast and from the left and right agree that America’s infrastructure is failing.
America’s infrastructure is the safest investment our nation can make. But investing means more than tossing money at the problem.
The latest findings are a striking confirmation of what we already know: America’s infrastructure is in desperate need of repair.
America's past and present successes are tied to the ability to move people and goods.
