The chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is using social media to promote the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2013 (WRRDA) introduced last week by the committee.

Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA) narrates a whiteboard-doodled YouTube video on why the legislation to improve our nation’s waterway infrastructure “matters to every American, the Nation’s economy, jobs, and our ability to remain globally competitive.” The issue is especially important to farmers who have been asking Congress to improve the outdated locks and dams on transportation waterways for years.

Tomorrow (September 17), Shuster will be answering questions about the bill via Twitter from the Committee’s Twitter account (@Transport). To submit questions, use the hashtag #WRRDA.

It’s refreshing to see Congress get creative when it comes to using social media!