During the Congressional Leadership Priorities session at the 2026 AASHTO Washington Briefing, Representative Rick Larsen (D-WA), ranking member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, outlined his priorities as work intensifies on surface transportation reauthorization. Representative Larsen emphasized passing a strong, bipartisan bill on time to ensure funding certainty, economic stability, and continued job growth. He highlighted the impact of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, including more than 113,000 projects nationwide and significant job creation, and stressed the importance of building on that progress through robust investment across highways, transit, and rail. He also addressed safety reforms, guaranteed rail funding, workforce development, support for minority and women owned small businesses, and maintaining flexibility and predictability in federal transportation dollars for states, local communities, and tribes. His remarks reinforced the need for bipartisan cooperation and steady federal investment to keep America moving.
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