Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) released the following statement in response to reports that House Republicans are revising their transportation bill and restoring dedicated federal funding for transit:

“I am encouraged by reports that House Republicans are backing off their plans to dismantle transit funding.  If these reports are true, I am pleased that our efforts to stop devastating transit cuts were successful.  However, there are many Republicans in Congress who are clearly against transit and they may try this again. We must remain vigilant and keep the pressure on to protect transit funding.  Even with the proposed fix to transit, I remain concerned about many other aspects of this bill.  I now call on the Republicans to reach across the aisle, as we have always done in the Transportation Committee, and develop a bipartisan bill that we can all support to meet our nation’s infrastructure needs and create jobs.”

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