McConnell: I’ve Partnered with Sen. Boxer to Help Pass Highway Funds Bill

“Mr. President, after, literarily, months of discussion and a lot of cooperation from chairmen and ranking members, and staffs and members from both sides of the aisle, I’m happy to announce that Senator Boxer and I have an agreement for a multi-year, bipartisan highway bill. We hope to able to discuss this agreement at our conferences, shortly. This is a six-year highway authorization that will allow planning for important long-term projects around the country, and the bill provides three years of guaranteed funding for the highway trust fund.

Senators from both parties know that a long-term highway bill is in the best interest of our country. So we’ll continue working together to get a good one passed. Thanks to the dedication of both Republican and Democratic senators and their staffs, I’m hopeful we will. I want to thank some other people who’ve been involved in getting us to where we are. In particular I’d like to thank Chairmen Jim Inhofe, Chairman Orrin Hatch, Chairman John Thune and Chairman Richard Shelby for their efforts to reach a bipartisan accomplishment.”