Infrastructure

A Route Fifty workshop details the need for infrastructure and public transit, and how that can translate into American manufacturing jobs.

A Senate hearing this week focused on how smart policy can ensure the U.S. can compete with China -- and how workers can see the benefits, too.

Panelists taking part in a digital event Thursday outlined a number of proposals on track to become law, with major potential for American manufacturers.

"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.