On July 1, 2025, Kansas Senator Roger Marshall voted for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which passed 50-50 with the Vice President's tie-breaking vote and took back transportation grants that cities had already been awarded but not yet signed: Transportation for America counted up to $4.7 billion in competitive grants promised to existing, awarded grantees nationwide.
Marshall also voted to confirm Sean Duffy as Secretary of Transportation and Russell Vought as budget director. Through May 2026 the Transportation Department had not signed a single full-funding grant agreement for a new metro, light rail, or bus rapid transit line, Vought's budget office was stonewalling $4.9 billion that Congress has appropriated for new transit lines, and in July 2026 Duffy proposed to Congress, "We propose eliminating the Mass Transit Account" of the Highway Trust Fund.
Roger Marshall's Votes and Confirmations on Roads, Transit and Local Transportation Grants
- Marshall Cast a Deciding Vote to Take Back Billions in Awarded Local Transportation Grants in July 2025. On July 1, 2025, Roger Marshall voted yes on H.R. 1, which passed 50-50 with the Vice President's tie-breaking vote, so it would have failed without his vote. The law rescinded unobligated Inflation Reduction Act transportation grants, about $2.4 billion of funding that was awarded, promised, and written up in press releases for neighborhood projects, plus low-carbon road materials money, leaving more than $1.85 billion to be rescinded, and clean bus and truck grants, leaving around $454 million to be rescinded, according to Transportation for America. The Government Accountability Office found that In July 2025, Congress rescinded $6.4 billion of the three agencies' unobligated climate and infrastructure funds at EPA, Interior and Transportation.
- Marshall Voted to Confirm Sean Duffy, Whose Transportation Department Stalled New Transit Lines and Froze EV-Charger Money. On January 28, 2025, Marshall voted to confirm Sean Duffy as Secretary of Transportation, and later voted to confirm his deputy Steven Bradbury (roll call 113) and transit chief Marc Molinaro (roll call 499). Through May 2026, USDOT has not signed a single full-funding grant agreement for a new metro, light rail, or bus rapid transit line since January 2025, Transportation for America found, a delay borne by the riders who have to wait for new or expanded transit service; in July 2026 Duffy proposed to Congress, "We propose eliminating the Mass Transit Account" of the Highway Trust Fund. In February 2025 the Federal Highway Administration suspended approval of state NEVI Plans and stopped new obligations of funding under the NEVI Program, the national EV-charger program, until a federal judge ruled in January 2026 that the department had unlawfully suspended charging infrastructure funding starting February 2025. The Government Accountability Office found that DOT reported that $370.6 million in IIJA funds expired on October 1, 2025 while the department reviewed awards.
- Marshall Voted to Confirm Russell Vought, Whose Budget Office Held Back Money Congress Provided for New Transit Lines. On February 6, 2025, Marshall voted to confirm Russell Vought as director of the Office of Management and Budget. Transportation for America found that Congress has now appropriated nearly $6 billion for advancing these transit projects and that OMB is stonewalling $4.9 billion that Congress has appropriated.
What the Transportation Decisions Roger Marshall Enabled Mean for Kansas
- Expired infrastructure money. Nationally, $370.6 million in IIJA funds expired on October 1, 2025 while Duffy's department held awards for review, the Government Accountability Office found.
- EV chargers. Kansas's share of the national EV-charger program was frozen from February 2025 until the Transportation Department issued new program guidance in August 2025, which rescinds previous guidance and policy that is not required by clear and express statutory language; a judge later found the freeze unlawfully suspended charging infrastructure funding starting February 2025.
Frequently Asked Questions About Roger Marshall on Infrastructure
What is Roger Marshall's record on infrastructure and transportation under Trump?
Roger Marshall cast one of the 50 votes that passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which took back up to $4.7 billion in competitive grants cities had already been awarded. He voted to confirm Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, whose department signed no new transit grant agreements through mid-2026 and froze EV-charger money until a court ruled the freeze unlawful, and budget director Russell Vought, whose office held back $4.9 billion for new transit lines.
Did Roger Marshall vote to take back transportation grants?
Yes. Roger Marshall voted for H.R. 1, which passed 50-50 with the Vice President's vote and rescinded unobligated Inflation Reduction Act neighborhood, clean bus and low-carbon materials grants. Transportation for America counted about $2.4 billion of funding that was awarded, promised, and written up in press releases in the neighborhood grants alone.
What has Sean Duffy proposed for transit funding?
Sean Duffy, whom Roger Marshall voted to confirm on January 28, 2025, told Congress in July 2026, "We propose eliminating the Mass Transit Account", the part of the Highway Trust Fund that pays for transit. The proposal has not been enacted.
Last updated: 2026-10-25