WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer issued the following press release:
For over 25 years, expenditures from the Highway Trust Fund have exceeded its revenues. In 2024, there were $57 billion in expenditures, but only $43 billion in incoming revenues. Over the last 15 years, Congress has transferred money from the Treasury General Fund - to the tune of $275 billion - while punting on the source of the problem. Offloading the burden on all taxpayers in the form of federal debt - rather than sticking with the "user pays" model Eisenhower envisioned - is not a solution.
As Congress prepares to debate and negotiate the surface transportation reauthorization, U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) penned an op-ed in The Washington Times (https...