“While we applaud the House of Representatives’ efforts to pass a short-term fix for the Highway Trust Fund, it is imperative that we have a long-term, sustainable funding solution moving forward,” said AISI president and CEO Thomas J. Gibson. “The U.S. steel industry relies on quality infrastructure to move products and raw materials, and without sufficient resources to maintain and upgrade our roads, the steel industry — and manufacturing sector as a whole — is at a great disadvantage against our foreign competitors.”
 
Gibson said shortfalls in the fund could place 700,000 jobs at risk, according to the Department of Transportation.