Washington Examiner » The top Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee recently became a beneficiary of President Trump’s lurch toward bipartisanship. Rep. Peter DeFazio, of Oregon, met with D.J. Gribbin, Trump’s special assistant for infrastructure policy, shared beers on the patio outside the lawmaker’s office to talk about roads and bridges for an hour.
Bloomberg » Donald Trump’s infrastructure guru spent part of Sept. 26 at a conference in Washington promoting the president’s $1 trillion plan to rebuild the nation’s crumbling roads, bridges and airports relying in part on public-private partnerships. The same day, across town, Trump was telling lawmakers that those kinds of deals don’t work.
Reuters / CNBC » The agency awards billions of dollars in grants annually to support environmental testing, cleanups and research. It was unclear if the freeze would impact existing contracts, grants and agreements or just future ones.
Trump to advance Keystone, Dakota Access pipelines The Hill » The orders fulfill Trump’s campaign promise to approve both pipelines, which have staunch support from the oil industry and the GOP but are strongly opposed by Democrats and environmentalists.
The Hill » The departments of Transportation, Justice and State would see significant cuts and program eliminations.