Governors Urge Highway Spending

The nation’s governors last week urged Congress and the administration to spend the maximum amount possible on highway and other transportation programs.

At a Feb. 22 press conference, North Dakota Gov. Edward T. Schafer and Kentucky Gov. Paul E. Patton joined the Coalition for TRUST (Transportation Revenues Used Solely for Transportation) to "keep its promise to American taxpayers" by using all motor fuel taxes paid into the Highway Trust Fund on highway and transit programs as mandated by Congress last year.

The governors and Philadelphia Mayor Ed Rendell also urged Congress to remove the Aviation Trust Fund from annual spending caps, which would allow all aviation excise taxes to be used to improve airports.

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