Rep. Davis: Infrastructure should be priority in Trump’s 1st 100 days

Posted on November 21, 2016

By Eric Stock

NORMAL – U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Taylorville, said President-elect Trump’s call for rebuilding our crumbling roads and bridges is something he’s been advocating for years.

Trump has called for a $1 trillion infrastructure plan.

Davis said it will take re-prioritizing spending to make it happen.

“We have to address reforming the way Washington spends money… to pay for things the American people want,” Davis said.

Davis said he’s not concerned about Trump’s lack of experience in government.

“I think it is actually more advantageous to work with somebody who has never been involved in the governing process like President Trump,” Davis said.

Davis declared Trump has been ‘statesman-like’ in several of his staff and cabinet nominations, not simply following political lines.

In particular, Davis sites Trump’s selection of Republican congressman Mike Pompeo of Kansas to head the Central Intelligence Agency. The two worked together on a the GMO labeling bill which Congress passed last summer. Davis says former Republican Party chairman Reince Priebus will make a great Chief of Staff.

Davis serves on the House Transportation and Agriculture committees and said he hopes to continue work in those committees during the 115th Congress which will convene in January.

Eric Stock can be reached at [email protected].

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