Cohen touts transportation bill while Kustoff pans it as too green
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is joined from left by Rep. Paul Tonko, D-N.Y., chair of the Subcommittee on Environment & Climate Change, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chair Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., and House Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, D-N.J., during a Wednesday, June 30 press conference about the "INVEST in America Act," a five-year surface transportation bill. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
The Invest in America Act passed Thursday, July 1, in the House on a 221-201 vote.
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