Today, Representative Jerrold Nadler (NY-12) released the following statement on the Trump administration freezing $18 billion for Hudson tunnel and Second Avenue subway projects:

"The Trump Administration is shamefully freezing funding for two of the most critical infrastructure projects in the nation because Democrats refused to rubber-stamp a plan that does nothing to stop Americans’ health insurance premiums from doubling.

These aren’t just local transportation projects. This unprecedented political retribution could put our nation’s entire economy at risk. Experts have long warned that a Hudson Tunnel failure could trigger a regional recession that drags down the entire U.S. economy.

The freeze will immediately hurt American families, Republicans and Democrats alike. More than 150,000 good-paying American jobs are on the line, and more than 300,000 commuters a day, of every political stripe, depend on these projects to keep the region moving.

It should concern every American that the Trump Administration is willing to harm working families and our nation’s economy to punish Democrats.

This freeze must be reversed immediately."

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