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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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News

April 27, 2018

House Passes FAA Bill With Several Provisions Congresswoman Bustos Included

Bipartisan Bustos proposals in Federal Aviation Bill include: -Bringing Fairness to Federal Disaster Declarations -Identifying workforce needs in the Aviation Maintenance Industry; and -Updating Hiring Preference Rules to Include more Veterans WASHINGTON – Today Congresswoman Cheri Bustos, a Member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, voted for a bipartisan Federal Aviation Administration bill […]

Press Release

March 22, 2018

Congresswoman Cheri Bustos Statement on Speaker Ryan Jamming through a 2,232 page, must-pass spending bill to prevent another shutdown

Omnibus includes language to fund the Peoria Ag Lab, Rock Island Arsenal and other key priorities across Illinois WASHINGTON– Today Congresswoman Cheri Bustos voted for the FY ’18 Omnibus bill to fund the federal government through September 2018. Like most spending bills, there are some portions that Bustos supports and others she opposes – but, […]

Press Release

February 12, 2018

Congresswoman Cheri Bustos Denounces President Trump’s Budget as an Attack on Hardworking Families Across the Heartland

Trump once again turns his back on rural America in budget proposal Amongst the damaging low-lights: Trump Administration again proposes killing nearly 200 good-paying jobs by closing the Peoria Ag Lab, defunding Crop Insurance that farmers depend on, and eliminating the programs that are funding the Barber-Colman Redevelopment in Rockford and the Q Multimodal Station […]

Press Release

February 12, 2018

Congresswoman Cheri Bustos statement on President Trump’s Infrastructure Proposal

Washington – Today, Congresswoman Cheri Bustos (IL-17) issued the following statement about President Trump’s infrastructure plan: “On the night President Trump was elected, I said I’d be willing to work with his administration if they’re willing to make a real effort to strengthen our economy, and getting a substantive bipartisan infrastructure investment is an essential part […]