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The Trump administration is unveiling its fiscal 2018 budget request��right before we all hit the road for Memorial Day and get stuck in that bumper-to-bumper traffic. But relief is in sight if Rep. Sam Graves has anything to say about it. Here's the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill.

Legislation that would establish an infrastructure investment bank that would facilitate access to private capital for new bridges, tunnels and freight corridors was unveiled recently by a group of senators.

WASHINGTON — Legislation that would ensure long-term funding for infrastructure projects nationwide will make its way through the transportation committees in the House and Senate, the chairmen of those panels announced last week.

WASHINGTON — Details of a long-term infrastructure plan and the recipients of additional funding for freight projects will be announced soon, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao told a Senate panel May 17.

WASHINGTON — A long-term infrastructure funding bill will be considered by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, the panel’s chairman told Transport Topics on May 17.

WASHINGTON — Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao said the administration is considering a variety of options to fund the country's infrastructure, including approving higher federal fuel taxes.

WASHINGTON��— The recipients of federal grants designed to assist states to pay for large-scale freight projects will be announced soon, the country’s top transportation officer told a Senate panel�� May 17.