Sen. Cory Gardner backs tax-cut plan to widen I-25

GREELEY — Trimming the tax rate corporations pay on money brought back from abroad could help fund the federal Highway Trust Fund and speed projects such as widening Interstate 25 in Northern Colorado, U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner said Monday.

Addressing Transportation Summit 2015, an event at the Island Grove Regional Park event center that was organized by Weld County and co-sponsored by BizWest, Gardner said he is backing the “Invest in Transportation Act of 2015,” introduced by Sens. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Barbara Boxer, D-Calif. The measure would let U.S. corporations bring back money they have earned or parked offshore at…