Former T&I Chair Bud Shuster Passes Away
Former Pennsylvania Republican Bud Shuster died April 19 at 91, leaving a strong legacy for his aviation trust fund and highway advocacy.
Headshot Bud Shuster 1997
Former Pennsylvania Republican Bud Shuster died April 19 at 91, leaving a strong legacy for his aviation trust fund and highway advocacy. (Photo: Blargh29, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

Former Rep. Elmer Greinert "Bud” Shuster, who led the House Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Committee in the late 1990s and shepherded through the sweeping AIR-21 FAA reauthorization bill, died yesterday. He was 91.

Shuster, a Republican from Pennsylvania, served in Congress from 1973 until 2001 and chaired the T&I Committee from 1995 until he retired from Congress. In that role, he had a strong and influential hand in highway and aviation matters, among others. In fact, his advocacy for infrastructure projects earned him the nickname of the “King of Asphalt.”

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