Independent nonprofit advocacy organization. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Congress or any government agency.

NAVIGATION

Request a Briefing
WASHINGTON • PENNSYLVANIA • COMMUNITIES ACROSS AMERICA

Policy. Advocacy. Accountability. American Leadership.

Building America’s Next Generation of Infrastructure

CIAG advances practical, bipartisan policy that strengthens communities, modernizes public systems, protects taxpayers, and restores American infrastructure leadership.

View the National Agenda
01FederalPolicy development
02StateLegislative engagement
03LocalCommunity solutions
04NationalCoalition building
Continue
NATIONAL PRIORITIES
Resource Recovery•Resilient Housing•Advanced Materials•Domestic Manufacturing•Workforce Development•Public Accountability

THE CIAG MANDATE

Infrastructure policy must produce results people can see, measure, and trust.

Congressional Infrastructure Action Group brings together communities, engineers, policymakers, manufacturers, researchers, workers, and responsible private-sector partners around one objective: public policy that creates long-term national value.

How CIAG protects independence

CIAG supports lawful legislative advocacy, public education, coalition development, policy research, testimony, regulatory engagement, and transparent demonstration programs.

We focus on infrastructure outcomes—not party loyalty and not private favors.

01
Public Benefit First

No donor, company, or private interest purchases policy control.

02
Evidence Before Claims

Independent testing, transparent limits, and measurable outcomes.

03
American Capacity

Domestic manufacturing, skilled labor, and resilient supply chains.

04
Bipartisan Action

Practical infrastructure outcomes across political lines.

INFRASTRUCTURE IN FOCUS

The national agenda is local before it is federal.

Use this image slider for CIAG campaign photography, field visits, municipal projects, coalition events, and policy briefings.

THE CIAG NATIONAL PLATFORM

Three pillars. One integrated strategy for American infrastructure renewal.

Each pillar stands on its own. The greatest public value comes when policy connects energy, housing, materials, manufacturing, workforce, and accountability.

I
American resource recovery and recycling operations

RESOURCE RECOVERY & COMMUNITY ENERGY

Waste should not be the end of the story.

Advance responsible organics management, recycling protection, biogas, thermal conversion, recovered materials, community energy, and transparent public-finance safeguards.

  • Municipal planning and responsible demonstrations
  • Environmental monitoring and public reporting
  • Domestic equipment and workforce development
  • Lifecycle taxpayer-value analysis
II
Construction of resilient and attainable housing

RESILIENT, ATTAINABLE & RAPID-BUILD HOUSING

A home should create a future—not consume it.

Promote safe, durable, financeable homes through modern construction, coordinated permitting, resilience standards, consumer protection, and lifetime affordability.

  • Modular, panelized, and modern construction systems
  • Modern codes and hazard resilience
  • Financing and permitting reform
  • Infrastructure-connected communities
III
Advanced materials testing laboratory

ADVANCED MATERIALS & INFRASTRUCTURE LONGEVITY

Build once. Maintain intelligently. Extend service life.

Create technology-neutral pathways for independently validated coatings, composites, concrete and asphalt additives, sensors, and corrosion-control systems.

  • Independent laboratory testing
  • Field trials and demonstration corridors
  • Lifecycle procurement standards
  • American materials manufacturing

UNIFIED LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK

The Next-Generation American Infrastructure Act

A modular policy framework that can move as one comprehensive package or as individual titles based on legislative strategy.

TITLE I

Resource Recovery & Community Energy

Support community planning, responsible demonstrations, recycling protections, organics systems, energy recovery, environmental monitoring, performance guarantees, and transparent project economics.

Municipal planningCommunity energyEnvironmental safeguardsTaxpayer protection
0

Core national pillars

0

Modular legislative titles

0

Standard: measurable public benefit

HOW CIAG MOVES POLICY

From community need to credible government action.

Strong advocacy starts before the first meeting with an elected official. CIAG establishes evidence, identifies conflicts, organizes stakeholders, and defines the public result before asking government to act.

Submit an Infrastructure Need
  1. 01

    Listen

    Document community conditions, operational barriers, public costs, and stakeholder priorities.

  2. 02

    Validate

    Separate verified facts, estimates, pilot evidence, commercial data, and policy opinion.

  3. 03

    Build the coalition

    Bring together residents, labor, municipalities, researchers, manufacturers, and public-interest voices.

  4. 04

    Advance policy

    Develop legislation, testimony, agency comments, briefings, action campaigns, and measurable oversight.

Reserved space for a professional portrait of Jonathan Rotger

FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN

Jonathan Rotger

“The measure of infrastructure policy is not how impressive it sounds in Washington. The measure is whether families, workers, communities, and taxpayers receive lasting value.”

Jonathan Rotger founded the Congressional Infrastructure Action Group to build an independent institution capable of connecting innovation, public policy, community experience, and American industrial capacity.

His perspective is shaped by his background in Allentown, Pennsylvania, his work across nonprofit, research, business, and community initiatives, and his belief that infrastructure policy must be understandable to ordinary people—not reserved for insiders.

Honest evidence Founder accountability Bipartisan engagement Public benefit
Read Founder’s Vision Invite Jonathan to Brief
United States Capitol representing government integrity and public accountability
Independent advocacy. Transparent governance.

TRANSPARENCY & GOVERNMENT INTEGRITY

No contribution buys access. No company owns the agenda.

CIAG’s governance framework separates public advocacy from private commercial interests, personal political activity, and any future political committee.

01

No promise of legislation, grants, contracts, permits, appropriations, or regulatory outcomes in exchange for funding.

02

Related-party matters require disclosure, recusal, independent review, and written records.

03

Restricted funds, lobbying expenses, sponsorships, and program revenue are tracked separately.

04

Grassroots participation must be authentic. Fabricated supporters, signatures, and public sentiment are prohibited.

POLICY CENTER

Research, briefs, testimony, and public-education resources.

Request the complete policy package
01

NATIONAL PLATFORM

Three-Pillar Advocacy Literature Package

Integrated policy, public-benefit, demonstration, and legislative framework.
02

FOUNDER’S VISION

Pillar I: Waste Should Not Be the End of the Story

A public-purpose case for accountable resource recovery and community energy.
03

FOUNDER’S VISION

Pillar II: The Future People Build from Home

A human-centered case for resilient, attainable, safe housing.
04

LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK

Next-Generation American Infrastructure Act

Five modular titles covering infrastructure, standards, and workforce.
05

COMPLIANCE

Lobbying, Government Ethics & Political Separation

Internal safeguards governing official contacts, donor influence, and political separation.

CITIZEN • MUNICIPALITY • PROFESSIONAL • ORGANIZATION

Put an infrastructure need on CIAG’s radar.

Tell us what your community, organization, or public system is facing. Submissions can inform policy research, briefings, coalition development, and future public-education work.

  • Describe the condition or barrier
  • Identify who is affected
  • Share available data or documentation
  • Explain the public result you need
Please enter your name.
Please enter a valid email.
Please choose a topic.
Please provide at least 20 characters.
Consent is required.
Do not submit confidential or classified information.

Submission prepared.

Connect the form to Netlify Forms, Formspree, or your server endpoint before launch.

FOR PUBLIC OFFICES, MUNICIPALITIES, INSTITUTIONS, AND COALITIONS

Request a CIAG infrastructure policy briefing.

Request a Briefing

CONTACT CIAG

Start the right conversation.

For government affairs, media, coalition participation, sponsorship review, policy briefings, or general inquiries, select the appropriate request type.

Government & Legislative AffairsBriefings, testimony, policy meetings, and regulatory engagement
Coalitions & PartnershipsMunicipal, institutional, labor, research, and industry participation
Media & Public InformationInterviews, statements, background, and public materials
Compliance & EthicsDisclosures, conflicts, donor conditions, or integrity concerns

Inquiry prepared.

Connect this form to your preferred backend or Netlify Forms before launch.

Briefing Take Action