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I am proud to work with the Department of Transportation and any other stakeholders to ensure that our request to speed I-69 completion is using taxpayer dollars responsibly and conforming to all relevant laws and authorities.
Americans actually like this package even more when you explain how we’re going to pay for it.
You can’t separate climate from transportation because transportation is the single biggest sector contributing to greenhouse gases in our economy.
We are supporting eldercare, caregiving economy, making it easier to age in place and have community-based care because having that kind of care infrastructure in place is part of what makes it possible for Americans to thrive.
As we’ve learned, just because something has huge bipartisan support among the American people, doesn’t mean the same thing is going to happen here in Washington.
Well, we`re talking about roads and bridges, rail and transit, airports and ports. I don`t know why anybody would say it`s a mistake to invest in the grid after what we just witnessed in Texas.
The biggest things I`m hearing are some different views on how to pay for it. But the president`s view is clear, which is that no one making less than $400,000 should pay anything more in taxes for this.
The president has put forward a vision that has support from the American people, Republicans and Democrats, a lot of mayors from both parties.
We have to get it done. But we want to get it done in a way that is bipartisan and that takes a lot of ideas on board.
The greatest privilege of my life is to serve as Vice President, to a President whose keeping his word to the American people.
This package recognizes that the two can’t be separated from each other. Look, the truth is, every infrastructure decision we make is also an environmental decision.
For once, it really is infrastructure week. And I think we are going to open up an infrastructure season that will make for a better life in this country, if Congress is prepared to follow the president’s lead and deliver on this important…
As much money as we spend on child nutrition, and as important as it is, I think it is clear that we have devoted resources to it.
President Biden recently unveiled his infrastructure proposal in which he warned of the global 'race to the bottom' on corporate tax rates.
He has proposed raising the corporate rate to 28 percent, which would make the U.S. subject to the highest corporate tax rate in the OECD.
We are at probably the worst balance sheet that we have ever had in the history of the country.
I think we are right at the cusp of seeing what we do about it.