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Press Release

News Conference for Release of Blueprint for New Transportation Authorization Postponed

Release of "white paper" on funding delayed until Thursday, June 18 AT 2:00 P.M.

June 16, 2009

 

By Jim Berard 202-226-5064


House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman James L. Oberstar (Minn.) has delayed until Thursday, June 18 the release of a white paper to outline plans for the new surface transportation authorization bill.

The news conference, originally set for Wednesday, June 17, will now be held the following day at 11:00 a.m. The event will take place in Room 2167 of the Rayburn House Office Building.

The white paper will be available on the Committee's website afterward and the news conference will also be webcast live on the Committee’s website, http://transportation.house.gov.

The authorization bill is currently being drafted and will replace the current authorization, SAFETEA-LU, which is due to expire on September 30. Oberstar has promised that the new authorization will transform the way the federal government invests highway, safety, and transit funds.
 

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