ASAToday for July 17th, 2025

P3 Bonding Requirements Advancing in the Senate As you know, we support H.R. 1740, legislation clarifying that current payment and performance security requirements for federally funded infrastructure projects should apply to Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) financed infrastructure projects, including Public Private Partnerships (P3).  To that end, late last week, we learned that…

ASA Opposes the Worker Walkaround Proposed Rule ASA, along with the Coalition for Workforce Safety (CWS), sent a letter to the House Ed and Workforce Committee’s Subcommittee on Workforce Protections in advance of their hearing on September 27th on OSHA’s policies and priorities. OSHA administrator Parker testified, and we planned to bring to his attention…

House Prepares President Biden’s Impeachment This week, House Republicans launched their impeachment investigation of President Biden. The House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing on Thursday follows intense pressure from the right wing of the majority to probe for wrongdoing by the president. The Biden inquiry will be led by House Oversight and Accountability Chairman Comer…

This Week in Congress This week, Congress continued working to avoid a government shutdown before September 30th.  Also, the House considered the annual defense appropriations bill along with a bipartisan healthcare package to boost patient price transparency and reauthorize several health programs as key deadlines loom.  The Senate considered a legislative vehicle for Military Construction-Veterans…