Infrastructure

"We all owe it to one another and the American people to get this across the finish line,” Raimondo said during a digital event on Tuesday.

The advancement of the $715 billion investment package is a big step forward in the ongoing effort to rebuild our country’s crumbling infrastructure.

The next step is finding consensus with the other 79 senators and the entire House.

The bipartisan bill calls for $78 billion in infrastructure spending on rail, freight, truck, and highways as well as new safety measures.

The two bills are key steps towards massive investment in American infrastructure and revitalizing American manufacturing.

Though there are disagreements over its size and shape of legislation, White House, Congress and the private sector all seem to be pulling in the same direction.

The Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2021 unanimously passed through committee. But far more infrastructure investment is needed.

“There is an enormous need here and, with that, comes an enormous opportunity,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said during a Monday kickoff event.

More interviews from the factory floor.

The U.S. imports manufactured goods with 1.4 gigatons of embedded greenhouse gas emissions every year. But making more stuff locally can help reduce global emissions.