“Currently, Michigan is a donor state, sending more in tax dollars to the
federal government than what we get back in transportation funding. For every
dollar we send, we get back only 88 cents,” Granholm said. “With the
legislation being debated in Washington, we can raise the guaranteed rate of return,
making it much more fair and equitable for donor states like Michigan.”
“In the U.S. Senate, Senator Carl Levin and I helped work for passage of
a version of the transportation bill that would create approximately 100,000 good
paying and badly needed jobs in Michigan and help fix the state’s deteriorating
roads and bridges,” Stabenow said. “This bill drew broad bipartisan
support in the Senate, and I have continued to urge its adoption as the best transportation
funding package for Michigan and for the nation.”
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