“U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford of Arkansas wants to make sure bureaucrats don’t muddle up the works when it comes to infrastructure funding.
“Crawford, representing the 1st Congressional District, said that’s one of his goals as a member of the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure…. He is also chairman of the Highway & Transit subcommittee.
“The House committee has oversight responsibilities on half of the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act, which President Joe Biden signed into law in November 2021. Crawford voted against the legislation — as did the other five members of the Arkansas delegation — but he is focused on making sure the program’s money is spent as efficiently as possible, he said. (…)
“Crawford also takes issue with what he calls the Democrats’ “climate agenda” creating “artificial barriers” to needed infrastructure investments.
“We need to be really results-oriented here,” Crawford said. “There is a lot of wasted money in this $1.2 trillion expenditure. Let’s get realistic: Everybody is talking about the state of our infrastructure, and, yes, I think we can probably agree we need to invest, but I think we need to do a better job of making sure what finite resources we have … go to the highest and best use.” ….
READ MORE about Congressman Crawford’s plans to provide infrastructure oversight at ArkansasBusiness.com