U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.), in an op-ed to the Washington Times, expressed the need to ensure adequate funding for America's inland waterways, which the agriculture industry relies on for exports, in a bipartisan infrastructure package. The following is an excerpt from the March 21 Washington Times opinion piece. "When we talk about fixing the crumbling infrastructure in our country, many think about our roads and bridges, which absolutely need our attention and investment. But one of the l...
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Click here for video of Davis' remarks Washington, D.C.- U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) discussed the Trump Administration’s infrastructure proposal and the need for a bipartisan solution with Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao at yesterday's Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing. “We must work together to get a long-term solution for investing in our country’s crumbling infrastructure,” Davis said. “Rural areas, like the 13th district, are in desperate need of funding for m...
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U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) announces Major League Baseball (MLB) player and Chatham native, Jayson Werth, will attend the State of the Union (SOTU) address as his guest on Tuesday night. Werth, who most recently played for the Washington Nationals, owns an organic farm in Macoupin County. Werth has become an advocate for agriculture and a supporter of victims of the congressional baseball shooting last June. Davis and Werth met earlier this month where they discussed the Farm Bill and the C...
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U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) today released this statement after President Donald Trump addressed the American Farm Bureau Federation and released a report on rural prosperity. Trump is the first sitting president to address the American Farm Bureau Federation since President George H.W. Bush in 1992. “As a member of the agriculture and transportation committees, I’ve fought for policies that benefit rural America. But today, was important because it was a signal that we have a willing partne...
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U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) hosts U.S. Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, in Springfield for a Transportation Policy Summit with more than 50 stakeholders, including local mass transit district officials, highway commissioners, county engineers, unions, regional planning commissions, municipal officials, and construction contractors. The Transportation Policy Summit will focus on surface transportation policy and other transportation issues. ...
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U.S. Reps. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) and Darin LaHood (R-Ill.) today announced that Connect Transit will receive a $1.45 million to purchase zero-emission battery electric buses and install solar panels at the maintenance facility. This competitive Federal Transit Administration (FTA) grant was authorized as part of the FAST Act, the long-term highway bill Congress passed in 2015. “Investing in our smaller transit systems means investing in jobs and economic growth. Connect Transit and the Bloomingt...
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Davis visits Champaign-Urbana MTD as part of his 13th District mass transit tour last October. Click to download U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis, member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today announced that Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District (MTD) will receive a $1.45 million grant to purchase zero-emission battery electric buses with supporting hydrogen infrastructure. This competitive grant was authorized as part of the FAST Act, the long-term highway bill Congress passed ...
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U.S. Reps. Rodney Davis and Darin LaHood today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation has released the $14 million in funds from the TIGER grant the city of Springfield received for phase two of the rail improvement project. Davis and LaHood recently met with federal transportation officials urging the timely release of the grant.
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U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) today released this statement after the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee advanced H.R. 2997, the 21st Century AIRR Act, to reform the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). H.R. 2997, which the committee debated for nearly nine and a half hours and considered roughly 80 amendments, passed out of committee by a vote of 32-25 on Wednesday. Among other reforms, this bill establishes a federally-chartered, fully independent, not-for-profit corporation...
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Click to play video U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) urged U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao to protect contract towers, like those that serve airports in Decatur and Bloomington-Normal, during an Aviation Subcommittee hearing yesterday. This was Secretary Chao’s first appearance before the committee since being confirmed. “Contract towers handle roughly 28 percent of air traffic control operations in the U.S., but the Contract Tower Program only accounts for only 14 percen...
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