Rob Portman: “for many years now, there is a joke that Presidents have what is called infrastructure week, where they talk about…”

“for many years now, there is a joke that Presidents have what is called infrastructure week, where they talk about infrastructure and the need for us to move our country forward and fix our outdated system of roads and bridges, freight lines, our ports. We are, as a country, behind others countries in terms of investing in infrastructure, yet infrastructure week comes and goes without any progress. Well, today, we had a true infrastructure week because the President of the United States signed legislation that came out of this body--it was bipartisan--that helps to repair our infrastructure in ways that is historic in the sense that it is a broader infrastructure bill than we have passed around here in decades. It is a big day for infrastructure and, therefore, a good day for my constituents in Ohio and people all around the country--people who are stuck in a traffic jam or maybe people who are worried about the bridge they are going over, whether it is safe or not, which is the case of a big bridge in my community; or whether it is people who don't have access to high-speed internet and, therefore, can't do their school work or can't start a business or be able to get their telehealth. If you are a veteran in Ohio and you want to access telehealth, it is tough to do it in about one-third of our State because you don't have high-speed internet. So there are a lot of different things that are in this legislation that will help the people who I represent.…”