Infrastructure Package
The White House Press Secretary Jennifer Psaki stated that there is no expectation of a floor vote on President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan before Memorial Day…
Biden has been touting his proposed infrastructure package with trips to Louisiana and Pennsylvania, appealing for bipartisan support and his proposal to pay for the plan through raising the corporate tax rate…
When asked by Eugene Scott of The Washington Post about the debate on the semantics of the plan, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg urged that considerations such as broadband internet and EV charging networks should absolutely be considered infrastructure…
House Republicans introduced a five-year, $400 billion transportation bill on Wednesday, 5/19, that would direct historic levels of funding to highways, bridges and transit systems…
America’s needs do include considerations for projects considered “traditional” infrastructure, including approximately 220,000 U.S. bridges that need repair or replacement…
President Biden visited a Ford plant in Michigan on 5/18 to promote electric vehicles (EVs) as the White House looks to build support for its $174 billion proposal to transform the automobile industry even as a global chip shortage hinders production…
Biden’s push includes rebates and incentives to bring down the price of EVs, as well as supporting the expansion of charging networks…
Congress
The Senate passed a $35 billion measure this month to clean up our nation’s water systems but remains divided on Biden’s proposed multi trillion-dollar infrastructure bill…
Chair of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) announced last month the full list of Vice Chairs for each of the Committee’s six subcommittees for the 117th Congress…
Cyberattack
One of the nation’s largest pipelines, Colonial Pipeline, which carries refined gasoline and jet fuel from Texas up the East Coast to New York, was forced to shut down earlier this month after being hit by ransomware…
The Biden Administration released a historic cybersecurity directive in the wake of the pipeline cyberattack, pressing for major changes in U.S. cybersecurity standards…