I am proud to have worked with my colleagues on a bipartisan basis to secure this grant and I will continue to prioritize improving infrastructure across our great state of North Carolina.
I will continue to prioritize improving infrastructure across our great state of North Carolina.
Occurrences
Evidence
The Senate passed H.R. 3684, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and the roll call shows Tillis (R-NC) voted Yea.
Tillis said he worked hard in the bipartisan infrastructure group to ensure the package improves North Carolina's roads, highways, bridges, and clean water.
Tillis announced a $10.4 million federal grant for rural transit services in North Carolina, describing it as an investment to modernize transportation.
Tillis announced $41.876 million for water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure upgrades in North Carolina from the bipartisan infrastructure law.
Tillis announced that North Carolina was allocated $1.53 billion for broadband deployment under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
Congress.gov shows Tillis introduced S.4990 to expand and improve Corridor K in North Carolina's Appalachian Development Highway System.
Tillis' official press releases listing shows recent entries dated 05/05/2026, 04/26/2026, 03/19/2026, etc.; there are no press releases on or dated within May 24–26, 2026 announcing new infrastructure actions or awards for North Carolina.
Roll call record for Vote 314 (August 10, 2021) shows H.R. 3684 (INVEST in America Act) passed and the by-senator listing includes 'Tillis (R-NC), Yea.'
The current official Infrastructure page says Tillis has made modernizing North Carolina's infrastructure among his top priorities in the Senate and says he worked across the aisle to write and pass bipartisan infrastructure legislation. The page also highlights NC-wide project categories and funding for roads and highways, broadband, public transit, airports, bridges, clean water, and coastal resiliency.
The official Tillis press-release index lists 2026 releases through May 5, 2026, then April, March, February, and January entries. It shows no press release dated June 9, 2026 through July 8, 2026, and no infrastructure item in that lookback window.
Tillis's official infrastructure page says he made modernizing North Carolina's infrastructure among his top Senate priorities and worked across the aisle to write and pass bipartisan infrastructure legislation. It lists expected North Carolina benefits including roads and highways, broadband, public transit, airports, bridges, clean water, and coastal resiliency.
The Senate roll call for Vote 314 shows the question was passage of H.R. 3684, a bill to authorize funds for federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, transit programs, and other purposes. The vote result was Bill Passed, and the senator list shows Tillis (R-NC), Yea.
Tillis said he was a member of the bipartisan Senate group that negotiated and drafted the infrastructure bill and that he worked to ensure it improved North Carolina roads, highways, bridges, and clean water. The release lists North Carolina funding for roads and highways, public transportation, bridge construction and repair, clean water, broadband, coastal resiliency, flood mitigation, and airports.
Tillis announced that NTIA allocated $1.53 billion to North Carolina through the BEAD program, funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which the release says he helped negotiate, write, and pass. The release says the funding will support planning, infrastructure deployment, and adoption programs for high-speed internet access in North Carolina.
Tillis announced $41,876,000 from EPA to North Carolina for water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure upgrades. The release says the money comes from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that Tillis helped negotiate and pass, and quotes Tillis saying he negotiated, wrote, and passed the law delivering billions to modernize North Carolina's infrastructure.
Assessments
Tillis promised during the 2020 federal Senate campaign to continue prioritizing North Carolina infrastructure. In the following Senate term, he voted for final Senate passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, publicly identified himself as part of the bipartisan group that negotiated and drafted it, and later announced concrete North Carolina infrastructure funding from that law, including broadband, water, transit, roads, bridges, airports, and resiliency categories. The promise was broad but the record shows both prioritization and tangible in-state infrastructure delivery during the same elected term.
Tillis’s 2020 federal reelection promise was to continue prioritizing infrastructure in North Carolina during his Senate service. In the ensuing term, he voted for final Senate passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act on August 10, 2021, publicly said he worked in the bipartisan infrastructure group to shape the package for North Carolina, and later announced concrete North Carolina benefits including broadband, clean water, and rural transit funding. He also introduced a North Carolina-specific highway bill, which further supports that he materially prioritized the issue. Because the promise was about prioritization and improvement rather than a single narrowly defined project, these legislative and advocacy actions are sufficient to count as delivered during the same term.
Tillis supported and materially advanced federal infrastructure investments for North Carolina during his Senate term after the 2020 campaign. He voted Yea on the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (H.R. 3684) in August 2021, publicly credited his work on the package, and subsequently announced multiple concrete federal awards to NC (e.g., $1.53B for broadband, $41.8M for clean water projects, $10.4M for rural transit). He also introduced S.4990 to improve a specific highway corridor. These actions constitute concrete delivery on the promise to prioritize improving NC infrastructure.
Tillis promised during his 2020 federal Senate reelection campaign to continue prioritizing North Carolina infrastructure. In the subsequent Senate term, he voted for final Senate passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act in 2021 and publicly tied his work on the bipartisan infrastructure package to North Carolina roads, highways, bridges, clean water, broadband, and transit. Later announced federal awards for broadband, water infrastructure, and rural transit in North Carolina further show the promised prioritization produced concrete in-state infrastructure benefits during the same elected term.