ICYMI: Senate Passes Senator Murray's Transportation and Housing Funding Bill, Including More Than $65 Million for WA State Projects

Statement

"Under the tough constraints of the Bipartisan Budget Agreement, it's a big deal that we were able to pass a strong, bipartisan transportation and housing bill that increases funding in critical areas--including a historic boost for the FAA to hire and train more air traffic controllers--and protects important grant programs, like RAISE, that Washington state benefits from each year in a major way. This bill is packed with real victories for Washington state, from funding key transportation and affordable housing projects in every corner of our state, to making historic investments in national programs that are particularly important in Washington, like Native American Housing Block Grants and Homeless Assistance Grants. As Chair of the Appropriations Committee, I made sure at every step of the process that Washington state would be poised to benefit in a big way from this funding bill, and I will be working hard in the coming weeks and months to get this bill--and the rest of our serious, bipartisan appropriations bills here in the Senate--signed into law."

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