Biden Meets Lawmakers on Infrastructure Spending
House Infrastructure Committee Chairman Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., and other lawmakers met Thursday with President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on a coming infrastructure spending legislative push. House Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., is expected…
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to renew a bid for $100 billion for broadband as part of a legislative package (see 2102100061). “We're going to talk about infrastructure and American competitiveness and what we're going to do to make sure we once again lead the world across the board in infrastructure,” Biden told reporters. “It makes us a hell of a lot more competitive around the world if we have the best infrastructure in the world.” Biden “wants to move as quickly as possible,” DeFazio told reporters. “He wants it to be very big, and he feels that this is the key to the recovery package.” This was a “refreshing” contrast to efforts to reach a deal on infrastructure money during former President Donald Trump’s term, DeFazio said: “It’s just a whole different world. It’s way better.”