The National Retail Federation issued the following statement from Vice President for Supply Chain and Customs Policy Jonathan Gold on House and Senate votes on a temporary extension of transportation funding: “Our nation’s retailers need 21st Century infrastructure to remain globally competitive. Repeated short-term funding for our neglected highways, bridges and ports will only inhibit expected growth. As trade continues to grow, our transportation system must do the same to keep up. This can only be achieved through a long-term sustainable highway bill that seeks to address failing infrastructure and freight bottlenecks. Congress can’t keep kicking the can down the road because without proper funding there won’t be any road left for the can to travel down.”