Rep. Stevens Votes to Save $336 Million in Highway Funding for Michigan
WASHINGTON— On Tuesday, Rep. Haley Stevens (MI-11) voted to pass a continuing resolution to extend government funding through December 20th, keeping the government open, providing much-needed budget certainty, and ensuring funding for critical budget priorities. In addition to extending funding for critical public health programs, the continuing resolution also allows for a 3.1% the pay raise for our armed forces and ensures an accurate and thorough Census in 2020.
The continuing resolution would also repeal a $7.6 billion planned rescission of highway funding under the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act. If the provision is not repealed, the State of Michigan will lose $336,817,088 in much-needed highway funding on July 1, 2020.
“Given the state of Michigan’s crumbling roads and bridges, now is not the time to make drastic cuts to federal highway funding. Critical infrastructure projects like the Beck Road Improvement Corridor in my district are already having trouble getting federal resources and a massive cut next year will only make it more difficult to make desperately needed repairs and improvements,” Rep. Stevens told The Detroit News in September.
“By passing this resolution, the House of Representatives took an important step toward averting drastic cuts to federal highway funding that would needlessly impair our ability to fix and improve Michigan’s crumbling infrastructure,” said Rep. Haley Stevens. “I strongly urge my colleagues in the Senate to pass this bill to prevent Michigan from losing more than $300 million in much-needed highway funding, and then work to pass a full budget for 2020, as the House has done, to provide certainty for the needs of our communities.”
The continuing resolution also extends critical funding for Community Health Centers and health care workforce programs that provide resources to support the training of health providers in underserved areas.
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