{"id":10186,"date":"2021-11-19T16:21:26","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T21:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&#038;p=10186"},"modified":"2021-11-19T16:21:29","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T21:21:29","slug":"u-s-house-passes-sen-ossoff-rep-hank-johnsons-public-transportation-expansion-act","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/u-s-house-passes-sen-ossoff-rep-hank-johnsons-public-transportation-expansion-act\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. House Passes Sen. Ossoff &amp; Rep. Hank Johnson\u2019s Public Transportation Expansion Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Washington, D.C.<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 This morning the U.S. House of Representatives passed U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff and Congressman Hank Johnson\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Public Transportation Expansion Act<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bill will, for the first time, fund construction of public transportation specifically connecting affordable housing with transit networks in order to serve riders and commuters in low-income communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bill will also, for the first time in decades, allow large transit operators to use Federal funds for operating expenses, a game-changer for transit agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis legislation will build public transportation to serve residents in Georgia\u2019s low-income neighborhoods, connecting affordable housing with health care, education, and employment centers while protecting our environment by reducing air pollution,\u201d&nbsp;<strong>Sen. Ossoff said.<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Ossoff&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sens-ossoff-warnock-cortez-masto-introduce-historic-transit-expansion-legislation-as-congress-drafts-budget-reconciliation-measure\/\">introduced<\/a>&nbsp;the bill this summer \u2014 alongside Sens. Rev. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) \u2014 as part of his continued effort to increase access to public transportation, regardless of income or where you live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Ossoff previously&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-leads-georgia-delegations-continued-push-to-increase-access-to-public-transportation\/\">led<\/a>&nbsp;a united Georgia Democratic congressional delegation in calling for transit funding to help low-income, Black, and Latino Georgians access public transportation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"># # #<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C.&nbsp;\u2014 This morning the U.S. House of Representatives passed U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff and Congressman Hank Johnson\u2019s&nbsp;Public Transportation Expansion Act. The bill will, for the first time, fund construction of public transportation specifically connecting affordable housing with transit networks in order to serve riders and commuters in low-income communities. The bill will also, for [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10186","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/10186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/10186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10188,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/10186\/revisions\/10188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}