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Investing In our Infrastructure to Create Jobs in our Community

Studies have shown that investments in our infrastructure lead to new economic activity and job creation – that’s why, as a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, I’m proud to help lead the fight to invest in Illinois’ roads, bridges, rail lines and airports.

The 17^th district is home to three international airports (Quad-City International Airport, Peoria International Airport and Chicago Rockford International Airport), in addition to smaller regional airports. Our community is also home to thousands of miles of highway that connect east to west and north to south, and bring goods and people over the Mississippi River. Our districts’ entire western border is met by the Mississippi River, on which the barge transportation of agricultural products, and other products and goods, is key to commerce in the region. And with critical rail projects like the Quad-City to Chicago rail line still being developed, I am optimistic about the potential for new economic development opportunities in the future.

In 2015, I was proud to help lead a bipartisan effort to pass the first long-term highway bill in a decade. This legislation is projected to provide Illinois with over $7.5 billion in funding for highway, transit and transportation safety programs through fiscal year 2020.

If we want to attract new employers to our region and create more good-paying jobs, we must strengthen our infrastructure system.

Below are several recent actions I’ve taken to grow our economy through transportation and infrastructure efforts.

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Press Release

October 27, 2015

Bustos Votes to Pass Reauthorization of Job-Creating Export-Import Bank

Washington, DC – This afternoon, U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos cast her vote to pass a bipartisan reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank that expired on July 1st. Earlier this month, she signed a bipartisan discharge petition, the first one to be successful since 2002, to circumvent the Speaker and force today’s reauthorization vote. The bill was […]

Press Release

October 22, 2015

Congresswoman Cheri Bustos Opening Statement at Transportation Committee Markup Session for Six-Year Highway Bill

Washington, DC – This morning, Congresswoman Cheri Bustos issued the following statement at the opening of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s markup session for H.R. 3763, the Surface Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015. — Good morning. I want to thank all of my colleagues, on both sides of the aisle, for coming together […]

Press Release

September 15, 2015

Bustos, Durbin Announce $1.67 Million Investment In Peoria International Airport

Today, Rep. Cheri Bustos (D-IL) and Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) announced $1,676,309 in federal funding for infrastructure improvements and upgrades at General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport in Peoria, Illinois. The grant was awarded through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration and will be used to help rehabilitate the airport’s apron. “By […]

Press Release

September 14, 2015

Bustos Discusses Economic Development with Rockford Community Leaders

Continuing her laser-focus on creating jobs and growing the Illinois economy, Congresswoman Cheri Bustos (IL-17) met today with local leaders to discuss economic development in the Rockford region. She received an update on the Rockford Area Economic Development Council’s newly announced Rockford 20/20 5-year strategic plan to create 10,500 jobs from Mike Nicholas, the organization’s […]