Pit & Quarry, October 2016

REMA TIP TOP North America Inc Industry Leader in Conveyor Belts Service Wear Protection Phone 800334 REMA 7362 www rematiptop com ŧ σÞ Č s ş Č σ σÞ d σ σ sΠ s Č ŧŧ Þ ÞČ Č Þ σ Þ σ Y Č Þ Č ČÞ Þ σ Þ Č σ Č ČÞ Þ Þ Č Č ℜ Č Þ d Z Þ Þ GOVERNMENT We will start working immediately because I want to get this issue behind us says Clinton who has reportedly called her plan the biggest infrastructure investment since Dwight Eisenhowers Interstate Highway System Like Clinton Trump has also pledged to increase infrastructure spending Trump however has indicated he would dedicate more money to infrastructure than Clinton We are going to rebuild our infrastructure Trump says in an interview on Fox Business Networks Varney Co according to ARTBA And by the way Clintons numbers are a fraction of what were talking about We need much more money than that to rebuild our infrastructure our roads Trump says I would say at least double her numbers and youre going to really need more than that Trump adds We have bridges that are falling down I dont know if youve ever seen the warning charts but we have many bridges that are in danger of falling Theyre old they havent been fixed According to ARTBA Trump reportedly says the people would contribute to a fund supporting the rebuilding effort These would be sold as bonds so we would do infrastructure bonds from the United States Trump says P Q Other races to watch Although the presidential race has commanded most of the spotlight related to Election Day 34 Senate seats are also up for grabs along with all 435 House seats Twenty four of the 34 Senate seats available are Republican held Democrats hold the other 10 Republicans currently control the Senate but Democrats can regain control this fall by netting five seats The National Stone Sand Gravel Association NSSGA has supported candidates of both parties this cycle with campaign donations through ROCKPAC the associations political action committee thats dedicated to advancing the aggregate industrys priorities with federal candidates According to OpenSecrets org ROCKPAC contributed 661000 during the 2016 election cycle to 221 federal political candidates as of July 21 Eighty one percent of the PACs donations supported Republicans with the other 19 percent of contributions backing Democrats House Republicans received 70 percent of the PACs funds Eight candidates received campaign donations of at least 10000 including Sen Johnny Isakson R Ga Sen Chuck Schumer D N Y Rep Jim Clyburn D S C Rep Ryan Costello R Pa Rep Peter DeFazio D Ore Rep Mario Diaz Balart R Fla Rep Paul Ryan R Wis and Rep Bill Shuster R Pa Of the political candidates who received ROCKPAC contributions no one received one of less than 1000 48 PIT QUARRY October 2016 pitandquarry com