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WASHINGTON — American Trucking Associations President Bill Graves again told lawmakers that raising federal fuel taxes is the best approach for paying for infrastructure projects, a position congressional leaders charged with uncovering more funding reject.

Senate Finance Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) on June 18 said he thought it would be difficult for Congress to pass an increase��to fuel taxes to pay for new infrastructure projects, but he pledged to fix the funding woes affecting the country’s transportation network.

WASHINGTON — American Trucking Associations President Bill Graves told House lawmakers June 17 increasing fuel taxes would ensure investments for highway programs are met for the next several years.

WASHINGTON��— Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) called on colleagues to back legislation he introduced this year that would increase fuel taxes to pay for infrastructure projects during a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on June 17.

WASHINGTON — The Senate's top Democrat on June 16 called on GOP congressional leaders to avoid passing a short-term highway funding extension and to pass a long-term bipartisan highway funding plan before transportation funding authority expires at the end of July.

Bill Graves, president��of American Trucking Associations, is��testifying��before the House Ways and Means Committee for a hearing on the Highway Trust Fund.