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As President Biden visits Wisconsin to tout federal infrastructure funding, <\/em>DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cPresident Biden kept his promise to repair America\u2019s roads, bridges and transportation while delivering billions to jumpstart clean energy jobs and invest in communities across the country \u2013 so it\u2019s no wonder MAGA Republicans want credit for it after fighting to stop it every step of the way. The same extreme Republicans who followed Donald Trump\u2019s lead and voted against President Biden\u2019s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law are now bragging about projects they tried to stop from happening. Trump\u2019s \u2018infrastructure week\u2019 was nothing more than a punchline at the expense of everyday Americans who just want their roads fixed, but President Biden is delivering real results to improve the quality of our nation\u2019s transportation networks and invest in next-generation industries for American workers.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n Today, President Biden is in Wisconsin to tout billions in federal infrastructure funding that\u2019s already updating roads, bridges, public transit and more in the Badger State \u2014 all while investing in industries of the future to do so. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Superior Telegram<\/a>: \u201cUnder the Biden-Harris administration, private companies have announced $2 billion so far in commitments to invest in 21st-century industries like clean energy manufacturing, biomanufacturing, and clean power, according to the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAnother $6.3 billion in public infrastructure and clean energy investments in Wisconsin under the Biden administration includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thanks to President Biden\u2019s leadership, the historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is investing billions to update our nation’s roads and bridges, renew our transportation networks, and ensure every American has clean drinking water and access to high-speed internet. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Associated Press<\/a>: \u201cPresident Joe Biden signed his hard-fought $1 trillion infrastructure deal into law Monday before a bipartisan, celebratory crowd on the White House lawn, declaring that the new infusion of cash for roads, bridges, ports and more is going to make life \u2018change for the better\u2019 for the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Reuters<\/a>: \u201c\u2018Finally, infrastructure week!\u2019 Biden says, cheering $1 trillion bill\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Baltimore Sun<\/a>: \u201cFederal rail infrastructure money to help pay for Baltimore tunnel, Maryland bridge replacements and Penn Station face-lift\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n Reuters<\/a>: \u201cBiden offers millions and hope for delayed Hudson River tunnel project\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cincinnati Enquirer<\/a>: \u201c\u2018We can get things done\u2019: Biden praises bipartisanship and Brent Spence Bridge project\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n Pennsylvania Capital-Star<\/a>: \u201cBiden administration sends millions to states for bridge repair, replacement\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n This week, Rep. Pete Stauber became the latest MAGA Republican to take credit for the dough despite voting no \u2014 he joins a long list of colleagues who\u2019ve had no problem voting against the historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Legislation but touting its funding anyway. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Heartland Signal<\/a>: \u201cMinnesota Rep. Pete Stauber takes credit for federal infrastructure funding he voted against\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIn a press release from Monday, U.S. Rep. Pete Stauber (R-MN) claimed to have \u2018long-fought\u2019 for federal funding for infrastructure projects, despite voting against the bill which secured the funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAfter the U.S. Department of Transportation awarded over $1 billion to the cities of Duluth, Minn. and Superior, Wis. to replace the Blatnik Bridge, Stauber took credit for \u2018securing the critical investment.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cThey opposed the infrastructure law. Now, some in the GOP court its cash.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNearly two years after Congress finalized the first in a series of measures to improve the nation\u2019s aging infrastructure and combat climate change, some of the GOP lawmakers who originally tried to scuttle the spending are now welcoming it. They have privately courted newly available federal money to improve their local roads, bridges, pipes, ports and internet connections, and publicly celebrated when their cities and states have secured a portion of the aid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Donald Trump\u2019s presidency was marked by years and years of empty promises and failed plans to fix our nation\u2019s crumbling infrastructure \u2014 \u201cinfrastructure week\u201d was just a long-running joke.<\/strong> Center on Budget and Policy Priorities<\/a>: \u201cAdministration officials claim that [Trump\u2019s] new infrastructure plan will support $1.5 trillion in infrastructure investment, but his 2019 budget reveals that that number\u2019s a mirage: the President would cut annual federal support for infrastructure in the long run and shift costs to states, cities, and private individuals. As we previewed here, it likely would mean cuts to some of the areas in which new infrastructure investment is needed most \u2014 while providing a potential windfall for private investors.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cTrump\u2019s 2016 campaign pledges on infrastructure have fallen short, creating opening for Biden\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n New York Times<\/a>: \u201cHow \u2018Infrastructure Week\u2019 Became a Long-Running Joke\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAt this point in the Trump presidency, \u2018Infrastructure Week\u2019 is less a date on the calendar than it is a \u2018Groundhog Day\u2019-style fever dream doomed to be repeated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cRoughly two years after the White House first came up with the idea of discussing, for all of seven days, the pursuit of a bipartisan agreement to rebuild the nation\u2019s roads, bridges and broadband networks, President Trump more or less torpedoed those plans on Wednesday in a Rose Garden speech.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n CNN<\/a>: \u201cLike the Bermuda Triangle or Spinal Tap\u2019s new drummer, the words \u2018Infrastructure Week\u2019 seem to be cursed. No fewer than seven times \u2013 including this very week \u2013 has Trump\u2019s White House declared that its chosen theme of a week would be infrastructure \u2013 only to see those plans thwarted, often by the President himself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Even after Trump left office, he railed against bipartisan efforts to fund President Biden\u2019s infrastructure <\/strong>decade<\/em><\/strong>. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Politico<\/a>: \u201cDonald Trump tried and failed to pass an infrastructure bill so many times over the course of his presidency that his attempts were reduced to a punchline. Now out of office, Trump is trying to ensure that his successor, Joe Biden, suffers the indignity of the \u2018infrastructure week\u2019 jokes as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe former president has sounded off repeatedly in the past week about the negotiations taking place between Senate Republicans and Democrats on the Hill and in the White House. He\u2019s encouraged GOP lawmakers to abandon the talks and criticized Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) for even entertaining them. Senate Republicans have said, in interviews, that they have directly asked the former president not just to tone down his criticism but to actually support the infrastructure deal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nikki Haley decided to slam fellow Republicans for working with President Biden to pass the historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, writing off billions in investments to update America\u2019s infrastructure as a \u201cpublicity stunt\u201d and \u201cnothing\u201d to celebrate. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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