Transportation and Infrastructure
In America, both parties have to get back to dreaming big and building big things to invest in our future. Years ago, Democratic President Franklin Roosevelt helped bring us out of the Great Depression with projects like the Hoover Dam. Republican President Eisenhower continued this bipartisan commitment to the future by building our interstate highway system. These projects created jobs and laid the foundation for a modern economy to support a strong middle class.
Unfortunately, our infrastructure today is in dire need of improvement. According to the not-for-profit transportation research organization TRIP, 42 percent of Sacramento area's roadways are in need of repair, leading to more time on the road that forces the average driver to pay nearly $1,000 more a year to fill up his or her gas tank. Improving our infrastructure is also a matter of public safety - especially with more than 13,000 miles of levees and more than 2,700 structurally deficient bridges in our state.
Poor infrastructure endangers residents, discourages new business, and slows down our economy. To create jobs and build an economy that works for the middle class, we need to get back to the bipartisan American tradition of investing in our future. Improving Sacramento County's infrastructure will help modernize our economy, help our businesses, and make our communities safer.
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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Representatives Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Darin LaHood (R-IL), and Steve Chabot (R-OH) introduced a bipartisan, bicameral resolution outlining the importance of the U.S. digital economy and greater U.S. leadership on digital trade negotiations with like-minded countries.
Sacramento Bee // Darrell Smith
Elk Grove will get $4 million in federal funds for projects across the city, Rep. Ami Bera's office announced this week.
The city's Old Town streetscaping project won $2 million to widen Elk Grove Boulevard from School Street east to Waterman Road, adding bike lanes and making the boulevard more accessible to those with physical disabilities.
ABC10
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — On Monday, President Joe Biden signed his $1 trillion infrastructure deal into law, which he says promises jobs, clean water, high-speed internet and a clean energy future.
WASHINGTON, DC – Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-07) issued the following statement after voting for the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, historic legislation that will modernize and upgrade our roads, bridges, highways, and broadband access, while creating thousands of good-paying jobs across the country.
WASHINGTON, DC – Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-07) released the following statement after meeting today at the White House with President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, and a bicameral group of Members of Congress to discuss the need to pass the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal and the Build Back Better Act.
"I appreciate President Biden for inviting me to the White House to discuss the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal and the Build Back Better Act.
Sacramento Bee
A congressman who represents Elk Grove returned to the area Tuesday afternoon for a walking tour of one of the city's priority projects: improvements to historic Old Town.
ABC10
ELK GROVE, Calif. — Congressman Ami Bera (D) met with Elk Grove city leaders Tuesday to discuss millions of dollars in funding that he secured to improve infrastructure in the region through the Invest in America Act.
However, that funding still hinges on the massive infrastructure bill also passing the Senate.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA) applauded House passage of the Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation (INVEST) in America Act, bipartisan legislation that will reauthorize surface transportation, transit, rail, and water infrastructure programs for the next five years.
In the bill, Rep. Bera secured $19 million in federal funding to directly support transportation projects in Sacramento County.
Elk Grove Citizen
U.S. Rep. Ami Bera, D-Elk Grove, this month announced he is seeking $19 million for Sacramento County transportation projects, including $2 million for the second phase of the Old Town Elk Grove streetscape project, in a proposed transportation bill.
SACRAMENTO, CA – Today, Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA) announced he secured $19 million of funding for transportation projects in California's 7th Congressional District through the Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation (INVEST) in America Act, legislation that will reauthorize surface transportation, transit, rail and safety programs for the next five years.
Funding secured by Representative Bera will support projects located in Elk Grove, Folsom, Rancho Cordova, Citrus Heights, and Orangevale.
WASHINGTON, DC – The House of Representatives today passed Representative Ami Bera's (D-CA) Grid Security Research and Development Act to protect the country's electric grid from cyberattacks and natural disasters.
WASHINGTON, DC – The House Science, Space, and Technology Committee today unanimously voted in a committee markup to pass Representative Ami Bera's (D-CA) bipartisan Grid Security Research and Development Act. The bill will next move to the House floor for consideration.
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-07) voted today for two appropriations packages to avoid a government shutdown and keep the government funded through FY2020.