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.
First-class water services are essential to improve the competitiveness of the U.S. economy.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Christopher Guith, acting president of the U.S. Chamber’s Global Energy Institute, issued the following statement regarding President Trump’s Executive Orders on energy infrastructure signed today.
“Why aren’t we as a country investing in the maintenance and preservation of our existing infrastructure?”
This letter was sent to the U.S. House of Representatives opposing H.Res.294, the rule providing for consideration of H.R. 1644 and H.R. 2021.
Make accident-causing drivers pay for their carelessness.
Mending Younger Workers’ Unfavorable Perception of Construction Careers Provides Opportunity to Revitalize Workforce
Future investment and hiring plans remain nearly stable, according to the MetLife & U.S. Chamber of Commerce Small Business Index.
The costs of inaction for American businesses, workers, and families are piling up.
Thomas J. Donohue, President and CEO, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, delivers oral testimony for the House Ways and Means Committee Hearing "Our Nation’s Crumbling Infrastructure and the Need for Immediate Action”
By 2025, our nation’s failing infrastructure will have cost American businesses $7 trillion.
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