Connect with EBJ

Email Updates

  • Email Updates

    Receive Regular Email updates from Rep. Johnson

     

  • TOOLBAR

    Share
    Sitemap |  Font Size A A A
    Thomas Bill Search
    Search by Keyword
    Search by Bill #
     
     
Print

Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson Addresses Transportation Policy Makers at the 5th Annual Transportation and Infrastructure Convention

03/08/12

 

 

Washington, DC- (Thursday, March 8, 2012) – Today, Congresswoman Johnson addressed national, state, and local transportation policy makers at the 5th Annual Transportation and Infrastructure Convention.  Congresswoman Johnson focused her remarks on the importance of maintaining and innovating our current transportation infrastructure in order to maintain the U.S.’s competitive edge. 

“While our Interstate System is the greatest public works project in history, decades of use and ‘wear and tear’ have taken a toll, and we now have a system that is not only in great need of repair, but is incapable of accommodating the congestion and transportation needs of the 21st century.  In order to maintain our Nation’s competitive edge, we need to have the kind of infrastructure and multi-modal transportation system that can move goods and people efficiently and safely.  Our economic output and growth as a Nation depends on it,” stated Congresswoman Johnson.

Congresswoman Johnson also spoke about the need for innovation in both the vision and the financing of infrastructure projects.  “The current Highway Trust Fund is an insufficient source for addressing our infrastructure needs, and we need to think outside the box in terms of coming up with new ways to fund infrastructure,” noted Congresswoman Johnson.

The 5th Annual Transportation and Infrastructure Convention is a forum for state and local officials and transportation experts to interact with national leaders to shape national transportation and infrastructure policy.

###

U.S. Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson is Ranking Member of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology. She is also the highest-ranking Texan on the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure. She represents the 30th Congressional District of Texas  that includes Downtown Dallas, Fair Park, Oak Lawn, Turtle Creek,Old East Dallas, Pleasant Grove, & South Oak Cliff; all of Balch Springs, DeSoto, Hutchins, Lancaster & Wilmer and parts of Cedar Hill, Duncanville, Ferris, Glenn Heights and Ovilla.