The House and Senate are both in session this week. The House will vote on bills and resolutions related to homeland security, condemning the threats of violence against HBCUs, and.
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On May 7, Chair of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO), and Chair of the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Salud Carbajal (D-CA) introduced legislation to help ensure U.S. ports are resilient to extreme weather events, including sea-level rise and flooding. The bill also increases the percentage of funding set aside for inland ports to assist ports with infrastructure projects.
Specifically, this bill:
Creates a funding eligibility within the Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP) for port infrastructure projects that reduce the overall carbon footprint from port operations;
Why green initiatives count as infrastructure, from Biden s top climate officials
Ayelet SheffeyApr 2, 2021, 21:18 IST
Climate change protesters disrupt candidate Joe Biden during a campaign event on October 9, 2019 in Manchester, New Hampshire.Photo by Scott Eisen/Getty Images
Biden s top
infrastructure bill.
They say the cost of inaction is too high and saving the climate will also help rebuild the
economy.
infrastructure and they won t support the bill.
Biden s up to $4 trillion infrastructure package includes not only funding for roads and bridges, but also for climate-focused initiatives, like electric vehicles and sustainable housing. Republicans are asking, is that really infrastructure?
On a Thursday afternoon press call, the Biden administration s top climate officials made their case for why climate initiatives belong in an infrastructure package. It has to do with what we want the future America to look like, they said. The Democratic vision is greener and elect
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