Read a blog post recapping the event here.

As Congress prepares for another round of budget battles, and as the Super Committee works to tame our growing deficits and debt, BPC held a Bridge-Builder Breakfast on the relationship between jumpstarting job creation, the need for increased infrastructure investments and the politics of fiscal austerity.

Featuring

Senator Tom Carper (D-DE)

Senator Slade Gorton (R-WA)
Co-Chair, BPC's National Transportation Policy Project

Alice Rivlin
Founding Director, Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
Former White House Budget Director

Matt Rose
President and CEO, BNSF
Member, President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness

Moderated by

Megan McArdle
Business and Economics Editor, The Atlantic

National Transportation Policy Project