I believe it is a right.
Clearly, this is the focus of this committee, and our roadways are aging, our bridges and such.
It's a means to fight the climate catastrophe currently threatening our future.
It's the power grid keeping the lights on in this very room and the broadband access that gives us the ability to connec...
It's the lifeline of community connectiveness and it impacts the quality of life of every last person living in the Unit...
It's the public transit systems taking people to work every day and the pipes delivering safe drinking water to our home...
For most people, the word infrastructure invokes the image of roads and bridges. But it's so much more than that.
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We literally need to start thinking of environmental security the way we think of homeland security.
We need to look at water. Our infrastructure is aging, not only in clean drinking water, but in water supply.
I commit to helping this committee and this Congress to pass this bipartisan infrastructure package.
I think the investment of $2 trillion in America's infrastructure is probably on point, it is probably actually greater ...
Full funding for this program is key to advancing projects in the CIG pipeline.
It happens only when you put real money on the table to make it happen.
Congress needs to stop being paralyzed by partisan politics and work to fund an infrastructure bill.
Fix that.
This can't happen unless we can agree upon real money.
We can all agree that Democrats and Republicans all want to invest in infrastructure.
