John Boehner 8TH DISCTRICT OF OHIO

SPEEDS UP BUREAUCRATIC APPROVALS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS & CUTS PERMITTING TIME IN HALF BY:

• Allowing federal agencies to review transportation projects concurrently rather than waiting for one to finish before beginning another;

• Setting hard deadlines for federal agencies to approve projects;

• Delegating more decision-making authority to the states, eliminating duplication with the federal government and reducing delays and costs to taxpayers; and more.

We know infrastructure projects can be completed quickly and safely. For example, when a design flaw caused the I-35 bridge in Minnesota to collapse in 2007, the replacement was contracted to be completed within 437 days. It was actually finished well ahead of schedule – in 14 months – thanks to the kind of streamlined review and permit process created by the American Energy & Infrastructure Jobs Act.

H.R. 7 also eliminates or consolidates nearly 70 federal transportation programs, and is earmark-free. As Congressman Boehner wrote in Human Events today, “gone are the days when powerful chairmen and the most senior members of Congress steer your money to their most-favored pet projects.”

Stay tuned to the Congressman’s blog for part five in our series on pro-growth reforms in H.R. 7, a bill that removes barriers to energy production to create more than a million new jobs and address rising gas prices, and focuses taxpayer resources on high-priority infrastructure projects – without earmarks, without adding to our national debt, and without raising taxes on families and small businesses.

READ MORE:

• H.R. 7 Has No Earmarks & Eliminates or Consolidates Nearly 70 Duplicative Programs
• H.R. 7 Ensures Scarce Taxpayer Dollars Are Focused on High-Priority Infrastructure Projects, Not Wasteful Pork
• H.R.7 Removes Barriers to Energy Production to Create More Than a Million New Private-Sector Jobs