Congress must continue to prioritize long-term, targeted transportation funding for needed infrastructure repairs and improvements.
Congress must continue to prioritize long-term, targeted transportation funding for needed infrastructure repairs and improvements.
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We must also ensure that American tax dollars are being utilized effectively and efficiently.
Evidence
Congress must continue to prioritize long-term, targeted transportation funding for needed infrastructure repairs and improvements. We must also ensure that American tax dollars are being utilized effectively and efficiently. Furthermore, we must reform the infrastructure permitting process so that these critical projects can move forward. One of my priorities in Congress is bringing back federal funds for local hard infrastructure projects in the Sixth District.
MN Town Line Road Reconstruction MN 1,500,000 Emmer; MN CSAH 19 & CSAH 123 Intersection Improvements MN 1,500,000 Emmer; MN Highway 24—Clearwater MN 3,700,000 Emmer; MN Heatherwood Road Infrastructure & Multi-Modal Improvements MN 7,000,000 Emmer; MN Minnesota State Highway 65 & Bunker Lake Blvd Project MN 7,000,000 Emmer.
For Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26), Congressman Tom Emmer secured approximately $43 million in funding for hard infrastructure projects across Minnesota’s Sixth Congressional District. "I’m proud to report that our work in Washington has secured important funding that will improve and repair outdated infrastructure in Minnesota’s Sixth District," said Emmer.
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The promise was a broad federal office commitment to continue prioritizing long-term, targeted transportation funding for infrastructure repairs and improvements. The record shows Emmer did more than restate the position: he requested and publicly claimed approximately $43 million in FY26 hard infrastructure funding for Minnesota's 6th District, and House Appropriations materials list multiple Emmer-backed transportation projects in the FY26 THUD process. Because this is a current-term congressional funding outcome directly matching targeted infrastructure funding, it counts as delivered in the same term.