Congressman Boyle Fears Effects on Pennsylvania if Highway and Transit Trust Fund Expires

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Brendan Boyle (D-PA-13) marked Infrastructure Week by calling on Republicans to protect good paying jobs and avert the impending expiration of the Highway and Transit Trust Fund at the end of May. Until Congress acts to reauthorize the Trust Fund, 660,000 jobs and 6,000 projects are at risk, but Republicans have no plan to restore long-term certainty to these workers and communities across the country.

"It is unacceptable that Republicans are continuing to threaten good-paying jobs and needed construction projects not only in Pennsylvania, but across the entire country," said Congressman Boyle. "Hundreds of thousands of jobs for hard working Americans hang in the balance, but Republicans are too busy serving the special interests to come up with a solution that meets the needs of our nation."

The Highway and Transit Trust Fund expires on May 31, with only seven legislative days remaining before then. State, local and business leaders across the country have been calling for a bold, long-term reauthorization of the Trust Fund for months. Yet the Republican Leadership has not put forth a single bill to reauthorize the fund.

"Pennsylvanians deserve bigger paychecks and better infrastructure, but once again, Republicans aren't interested in either," continued Congressman Boyle. "It is time to restore long-term certainty to the Highway Trust Fund, create more good paying jobs, and build infrastructure worthy of the 21st century."