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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce will make it a priority to lobby for a new surface transportation authorization law in 2014 as the current one expires, its leader said.
In a Jan. 8 speech outlining his group’s plans for 2014, chamber President Tom Donohue called infrastructure important for global trade and the movement of energy resources.
“Trading around the world and moving energy across the country requires a safe, seamless and modern infrastructure,” Donohue said, according to a transcript provided by the Chamber. “Families, workers, visitors, tourists and our environment need it too—to speed mobility, conserve energy, clean the air and save lives.”
Donohue said the chamber “will work for a multiyear reauthorization” of surface transportation programs in addition to a port and water infrastructure reauthorization, which Congress has worked on in recent months.