I'm writing for your leadership on the status of our inland river locks and dams. This infrastructure supports more than half a million jobs by moving products on America's waterways we all use. But most of these locks were built in the 1930s, and 70 percent of them have outlived their intended design life. My company, along with other commercial towing companies, pays for portions of construction and rehabilitation of these locks and dams through a diesel fee - incidentally the ONLY industry/river users to help fund construction of a resource that all Americans rely on. Specifically, I'm asking you to ensure any infrastructure legislation fully funds the $7 billion backlog of our lock and dam infrastructure. FY22 appropriations must include $330 million for construction and rehabilitation of lock and dam projects. This would fully use the private funding portion (the diesel tax dollars of the Inland Waterways Trust Fund). Thank you for considering my request. We all use the commodities - the foundations of our economy - that are moved by barges every day.