Flake, Donnelly Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Fix Highway Funding

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U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) today joined U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.) to introduce bipartisan legislation that seeks to fix funding of federal highway programs by ensuring that every state receives its fair share of funding. Unless the bill is signed into law, Arizona will be shortchanged by an estimated $100 million under the Senate-passed surface transportation bill.

"The highway trust fund is a raw deal for Arizona and other donor states. I'm pleased to cosponsor this bipartisan bill that would keep much-needed transportation dollars in Arizona by ensuring each state gets only its fair share of highway trust funding," said Flake.

"Hoosiers don't ask for much: just do your job and treat people fairly. It's time for Congress to do its job and pass a long-term highway bill that gives each state it's fair share. For too long Hoosier taxpayers have provided millions of dollars to build roads in other states without a guarantee of a fair return. That is why Senator Flake and I introduced our commonsense, bipartisan bill to address this problem," said Donnelly.

Background: This legislation will fix funding of federal highway programs so that every state would receive a fair percentage of total funding, equal to at least 95 percent of a state's portion of the contributions to the Highway Trust Fund.

In July, Flake and Donnelly introduced an amendment with a similar fix to the highway bill.

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