Washington, D.C. – This week, House Democrats will bring to the floor H.R. 3684, which is a partisan infrastructure bill that does more to fund the Green New Deal and other radical environmental programs than it does to provide for the kind of surface transportation projects that both parties agree we need. See this document from Republicans on the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee for more information on the serious problems with Democrats’ legislation. 

Before the legislation comes before the House for a full vote, Wyoming Congresswoman Liz Cheney (R-WY) offered six amendments during the bill’s markup before the House Rules Committee. Two of these amendments were made in order and will receive a full vote in the House, while four of them were voted down by Democrats on the Committee. See below for further details on the specifics of those amendments: 

• An amendment to prevent the federal government from using Electronic Logging Data (ELD) to impose additional regulations Wyoming’s truck drivers. OOIDA and its 741 independent operators residing in Wyoming support this amendment. Democrats on the House Rules Committee voted down this amendment. 
• A bipartisan amendment along with Representatives Kat Cammack (R-FL), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), John Rose (R-TN), Jim Baird (R-IN), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), and Glenn Thompson (R-PA), to exempt livestock haulers from ELD requirements within a 150 mile radius of the final destination. Adding this exemption would reduce regulatory burden and increase their efficiency during harvest season. This amendment was made in order by the House Rules Committee and will receive a floor vote on Thursday.
• An amendment with Representative Rick Crawford (R-AR) to strike the section that forces states to consider whether an operational improvement or transit project would be more cost-effective than a capacity expansion for single occupancy vehicles. The federal government does not understand the transportation needs of our state better than our local and state officials. This amendment was made in order by the House Rules Committee and will receive a floor vote on Thursday.
• An amendment with Representative Dusty Johnson (R-SD) to strike a provision that would ban double decker transportation of horses across the board. This language is critical to Wyoming’s rodeo industry and would prevent those who work in this field from taking extra semis and requiring an additional driver that they then have to pay to not only transport the horses to and from the destination, but while at the rodeo over the weekend. Democrats on the House Rules Committee voted down this amendment.  
• An amendment with Representative David McKinley (R-WV) that adds the text of the Water Quality Certification Improvement Act, which clarifies the scope of section 401 of the Clean Water Act so that certification decisions are made solely on the basis of water quality. Democrats on the House Rules Committee voted down this amendment. 
• An amendment with Representatives Garret Graves (R-LA), Steve Scalise (R-LA), Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Kay Granger (R-TX), Tom Cole (R-OK), Bruce Westerman (R-AR), James Comer (R-KY), Rob Wittman (R-VA), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Michelle Steele (R-CA), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Michael Guest (R-MS), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Nancy Mace (R-SC), David McKinley (R-WV), William Timmons (R-SC), Tom Rice (R-SC), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Michael Burgess (R-TX), David Kustoff (R-TN), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), and Lauren Boebert (R-CO) to modernize NEPA to make infrastructure project reviews more efficient and reduce project costs. Democrats on the House Rules Committee voted down this amendment. 

As Congress continues to debate infrastructure issues, Representative Cheney continues to put the needs of Wyoming first while also working to combat efforts from Democrats to prioritize their dangerous policies over common sense proposals to fund key surface transportation projects and advance rural broadband.