FAST Act Is Nothing to Celebrate

Passage of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) is nothing to celebrate.

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) (L) and Congressman Bill Shuster (R-Pa.), chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, after a Republican Conference meeting in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 3, 2015. Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images

Dear Editor,

Passage of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) is nothing to celebrate. Christmas has come early this year for members of Congress, and for their pay for play campaign contributors, “K Street” lobbyists, businesses, unions, and other special interest groups. All have millions of dollars in “gifts” at taxpayers’ expense buried under the FAST Act Christmas tree.