A coalition of nearly 40 prominent infrastructure stakeholders has urged the powerful Republican leader of the U.S. Senate to set up consideration for a comprehensive highway bill this year.

WASHINGTON — A Federal Emergency Management Agency official addressing a House transportation panel Oct. 22 touted a disaster mitigation program established last year.

With the launch of the Future of Transportation Caucus, some members of Congress hope to shift the focus of transportation debates from funding to policy. Here's your Capitol Agenda look at the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill.

Legislation that seeks to advance infrastructure projects through innovative and open competition among suppliers recently was introduced by a bipartisan group of policymakers in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Longtime Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings (D), who died Oct. 17 at the age of 68, was a formidable legislator who had consistently advocated for improvements in his district, as well as the nation, said Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.).

WASHINGTON — Congestion relief, climate resilience and transit accessibility are among the policies a small group of U.S. House lawmakers are promoting as Congress readies a comprehensive highway bill.

WASHINGTON — The advancements in artificial intelligence will require a national strategy that ensures workers are able to adapt to sweeping changes, two members of Congress active in this national debate said Oct. 16.

NEW YORK — On Oct. 14, Rep. Peter DeFazio held court on Broadway. The country’s top transportation Democratic policymaker kept an audience engaged with his one-man show, touching on topics including a highway policy bill during the current session of Congress. Here's your Capitol Agenda look at the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill.

When congressional funding leaders return to Washington on Oct. 15, they plan to cut through a tense political atmosphere and resume negotiations on their fiscal 2020 appropriations measures.

Transportation priorities across rural areas will be the focus of an initiative recently established at the U.S. Department of Transportation, the country’s top transportation officer announced Oct. 8.