Today, National Governors Association (NGA) Chairman Governor Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas and Vice Chairman Governor Phil Murphy of New Jersey released the following statement after the Senate voted 69-30 to advance the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act:
“On behalf of the National Governors Association, we commend senators of both parties for adopting key improvements to the bipartisan infrastructure package and voting to advance the legislation.
“We now call on the House of Representatives to take action as quickly as possible and send this critical legislation to the President’s desk so that states and territories can deploy these crucial infrastructure funds.”