{"id":1028502,"date":"2023-12-08T19:06:22","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T19:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1028502"},"modified":"2024-05-16T18:20:23","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T18:20:23","slug":"president-biden-delivers-additional-railway-funding-after-trump-derailed-his-own-infrastructure-week-promise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/president-biden-delivers-additional-railway-funding-after-trump-derailed-his-own-infrastructure-week-promise\/","title":{"rendered":"President Biden Delivers Additional Railway Funding After Trump Derailed His Own \u201cInfrastructure Week\u201d Promise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In response to President Biden\u2019s visit to Nevada to <\/em>announce<\/em><\/a> billions of dollars for new passenger rail projects, <\/em>DNC National Press Secretary Sarafina Chitika released the following statement: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhile Donald Trump failed to get his \u2018infrastructure week\u2019 off the ground, communities across the country are now getting an infrastructure decade thanks to President \u2018Amtrak Joe\u2019 Biden\u2019s historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law \u2013 and new investments announced today will put even more Americans to work building railways across the country. The president\u2019s announcement today in Nevada is another reminder of the choice Americans will face on Election Day: a wannabe dictator who incentivized companies to ship jobs overseas and deprived communities of sorely-needed infrastructure funding, who is backed by MAGA Republicans in Congress hellbent on slashing these essential, job-creating investments, or the president who worked across the aisle to strengthen our infrastructure and help create good-paying jobs in the process: Joe Biden.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NEW: President Biden is in Nevada today to announce billions of dollars for new passenger rail projects.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bloomberg<\/a>: \u201cPresident Joe Biden will announce $8.2 billion in additional railway funds this week, according to a person familiar with the matter, boosting potential projects \u2014 including a high-speed line to Las Vegas. \u2026 The rail announcements, which follow the $16.4 billion Biden awarded last month for improvements on Amtrak\u2019s Northeast Corridor, highlight efforts to showcase the results of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, signed into law two years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Biden signed the historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law \u2013 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

Pennsylvania Capital-Star<\/a>: \u201cBiden administration sends millions to states for bridge repair, replacement\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under Donald Trump\u2019s administration, \u201cinfrastructure week\u201d was a complete joke full of empty promises and failed plans to fix our nation\u2019s crumbling infrastructure. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities<\/a>: \u201cAdministration officials claim that the President\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 turn his failed \u201cinfrastructure week\u201d into President Biden\u2019s historic \u201cinfrastructure decade.\u201d <\/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 bill, 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

Fox News<\/a>: \u201cFormer United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley slammed Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell\u2019s upcoming appearance with President Biden as a \u2018publicity stunt\u2019 and said the bipartisan infrastructure law that is reportedly serving as the basis of the event is \u2018nothing\u2019 to celebrate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haley also pushed to eliminate our nation\u2019s main infrastructure funding source and replace it with nothing. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN<\/a>: \u201cDubbed \u2018The Freedom Plan,\u2019 Haley\u2019s proposal would eliminate the federal gas and reduce income tax rates, make small-business tax relief permanent, and end certain tax deductions such as the deduction for state and local income taxes, also known as SALT.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHaley believes funding for infrastructure projects should come from general revenues, forcing them to compete with other spending priorities. \u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ron DeSantis railed against the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law as \u201cpork-barrel spending,\u201d but he\u2019s had no problem touting federal funding for infrastructure projects as his own\u2026 even though he has President Biden to thank. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WPTV<\/a>: \u201cAfter calling the federal legislation \u2018pork-barrel spending\u2019 on Monday, DeSantis questioned whether Florida\u2019s $19.1 billion was fair compared to other states \u2026 \u2018Is Florida being treated well in this?\u2019 DeSantis said while speaking at a news conference in Spring Hill. \u2018Or, are they basically funneling money to a bunch of very, very high tax and dysfunctional states?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Orlando Sentinel<\/a>: \u201cGov. Ron DeSantis has been on a spending spree for months, taking credit for millions of dollars in federal stimulus money he\u2019s handing out to mostly rural Republican counties while at the same time bashing President Joe Biden\u2019s big government spending. Federal bucks have bolstered the state budget for two years in a row, shoring up the state\u2019s reserves, and funding such things as the governor\u2019s job growth program, climate \u2018resiliency\u2019 against rising waters, road projects, broadband expansion, college training programs and tax cuts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rolling Stone<\/a>: \u201cDeSantis Brags About Florida Budget That Includes Billions In Federal Funds He Opposed\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MAGA House Republicans continue to be hellbent on undermining the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law by proposing draconian cuts. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cIt took decades for Congress to deliver on its promise to pour new money into the nation\u2019s roads, bridges, pipes, ports and internet connections. Now, House Republicans are trying to slash some of the same funds. A series of GOP bills to finance the federal government in 2024 would wipe out billions of dollars meant to repair the nation\u2019s aging infrastructure, potentially undercutting a 2021 law that was one of Washington\u2019s rare recent bipartisan achievements. The proposed cuts could hamstring some of the most urgently needed public-works projects across the country, from improving rail safety to reducing lead contamination at schools.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Insider<\/a>: \u201cMany congressional Republicans have repeatedly attempted to slash funding for passenger rail and other infrastructure priorities. The House is poised to vote in early November on a transportation funding bill that would strip about $1.5 billion in funding from Amtrak \u2014 an approximately 64% cut in the rail system’s annual federal funding.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In response to President Biden\u2019s visit to Nevada to announce billions of dollars for new passenger rail projects, DNC National Press Secretary Sarafina Chitika released the following statement:  \u201cWhile Donald Trump failed to get his \u2018infrastructure week\u2019 off the ground, communities across the country are now getting an infrastructure decade thanks to President \u2018Amtrak Joe\u2019 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1028502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPresident Biden Delivers Additional Railway Funding After Trump Derailed His Own \u201cInfrastructure Week\u201d Promise - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/president-biden-delivers-additional-railway-funding-after-trump-derailed-his-own-infrastructure-week-promise\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-12-08T19:06:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-16T18:20:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?w=1024\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/president-biden-delivers-additional-railway-funding-after-trump-derailed-his-own-infrastructure-week-promise\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/president-biden-delivers-additional-railway-funding-after-trump-derailed-his-own-infrastructure-week-promise\/\",\"name\":\"President Biden Delivers Additional Railway Funding After Trump Derailed His Own \u201cInfrastructure Week\u201d Promise - 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