The RSC updated and re-released
its
fact sheet about the
Davis-Bacon Act and its effects on transportation spending.
RSC Chairman, Sue
Myrick (R-NC), released a
statement explaining why
she and dozens of other conservatives voted against TEA-LU.
TEA-LU Documents:
Transportation Spending
The RSC circulated
an op-ed by Heritage Foundation President, Ed Feulner, entitled
"A Brake for Highway Spending."
Click here to read the op-ed.
The RSC circulated a letter to Speaker Dennis Hastert
(R-IL) from Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta and Treasury
Secretary John Snow, informing Congress that they would
recommend that the President veto any surface transportation
reauthorization bill that: 1) raises the gas tax or any other
federal tax, 2) relies on bonds, or 3) uses money from the
General Fund of the U.S. Treasury:
Click here for the letter.
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H.R. 1527:
"National
Transportation Safety Board Reauthorization Act of 2003" |
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