WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.) issued the following statement today in response to President Barack Obama’s infrastructure plan, which was included in his FY16 budget proposal:

“I’m in discussions with my colleagues in the House and Senate to determine the best way forward to address our country’s overall infrastructure needs, as well as specific funding for a multi-year surface transportation bill, and to do so without raising gas taxes.

“Unlike the president’s proposal, my colleagues and I believe we can create a new innovative financing tool and have the resources to fund a six-year year highway bill at lower repatriation rates, which ultimately means a better deal for Americans and a better incentive to bring this money back home.”

Prior to President Obama’s State of the Union Address in January 2015, Blunt and U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (Colo.) joined U.S. Representatives John Delaney (Md.) and Mike Fitzpatrick (Pa.) in sending a letter to the president urging him to work with Congress in a bipartisan, bicameral way to strengthen America’s infrastructure and fix the nation’s broken international tax code.