Most Americans agree that our roads, bridges, mass transit systems, air and sea ports, and water infrastructure are critical national assets that drive growth, jobs, safety, and global competitiveness.
What we can’t seem to agree on is how to pay for badly needed maintenance and repairs. It’s time to stop thinking about infrastructure as a problem, but as an opportunity for bipartisan agreement to invest wisely and carefully in our most critical needs, while eliminating wasteful spending.
The U.S. Chamber-led Let’s Rebuild America (LRA) initiative is the Chamber’s response to America’s infrastructure challenge—keep up with what the business community demands or U.S. economic productivity and global competitiveness will suffer.
It is the simplest, fairest, and most effective way to raise the money America needs to upgrade our roads, bridges, and transit systems.
Infrastructure investors recently talked about turning talk into action.
U.S. Chamber Executive Director for Transportation Infrastructure Ed Mortimer's testimony to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Highways and Transit during a hearing, "Building a 21st Century Infrastructure for America: Long-Term Funding for Highways and Transit Programs."
Contractors in the U.S. commercial construction industry report ongoing optimism about the current state and forward-looking health of the sector.
The 2018 Aviation Summit brings together top leaders in business, aviation, and government to publicly discuss one of the most important industries in our economy.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Thomas J. Donohue issued the following statement on the upcoming release of the Trump administration’s infrastructure plan:
"The Chamber is saying, ‘We really do want this to happen, and we want this to be a bipartisan plan.’"
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Chamber President and CEO Thomas J. Donohue today issued the following statement on President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address:
The U.S. Chamber will be listening intently to see what the administration aims to achieve this year.
This letter was sent to members of the House Energy and Commerce’s Subcommittee on Communications and Technology regarding an upcoming hearing on broadband infrastructure.
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