Republicans unveil infrastructure proposal, Biden plan rolled out a few weeks ago in Pittsburgh Republican Pat Toomey announced rollout of $568 billion Republican plan that Democrat Bob Casey said needed to be taken back to drawing board Share Updated: 6:38 PM EDT Apr 22, 2021 Republicans unveil infrastructure proposal, Biden plan rolled out a few weeks ago in Pittsburgh Republican Pat Toomey announced rollout of $568 billion Republican plan that Democrat Bob Casey said needed to be taken back to drawing board Share Updated: 6:38 PM EDT Apr 22, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript LOOK AT HOW IT COULD HELP HERE. DAVID: PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS IN PITTSBURGH A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WHEN HE ANNOUNCED HIS $2 TRILLION PROPOSAL FOR INFRASTRUCTURE. TODAY THERE ARE SOME. SENATE REPUBLICANS WHO UNVEILED THEIR VERSION. IT IS HARD TO FIND A MUNICIPALITY THAT COULDN’T USE THE MONEY. 2020 WAS THE YEAR THAT GETS ALL THE ATTENTIO BUT WHEN YOU TALK INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLUM BOROUGH, THOUGH, 2019 IS STILL FRONT OF MIND. >>>> WE WERE H HARDER THAN A LOT OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. DAVID: THE AFTERMATH OF FLOODING THAT YEA HIGHLIGHTED FIXES THAT THEY NEED TO MAKE TO STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT THE FUNDING JUST HASN’T BEEN THERE. >> WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS FOR RESIDENTS AND DISTANCES HERE. >> WE SEND ENOUGH MONEY THAT WAY, SOME OF IT SHOULD COME BACK. DAVID: HARRY SCHLEGEL IS PLUM’S REPUBLICAN MAYOR WHO WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME DEAL PASSED, AS LO AS A CAP BE PAID FOR AND HELP ALL RESIDENTS OF PLUM. >> IF WE DON’T HAVE TO TAKE BOND ISSUES OUT AND WE CAN GET THESE REPAIRED, THAT’S LESS TAXES THAT WE ALL HAVE TO PAY. DAVID: SENATOR PAT TOOMEY WAS PART OF A GROUP OF REPUBLICANS TODAY WHO UNVEILLED A 568 BILLION DOLLAR PROPOSAL FOCUSED ON ROADS, BRIDGES, BROADBAND THAT ONE-QUARTER OF THE BED AND PROPOSAL, WHICH HAS MONEY FOR THOSE THINGS, AND CAREGIVERS, CLEAN ENERGY INVESTMENTS, A BROADER DEFINITION OF INFRASTRUCTURE. DEMOCRATIC SENATOR BOB CASEY CALLED THE REPUBLICAN PROPOSAL, AND NO MONEY FOR CARE-GIVERS SPECIFICALLY, A NON-STARTE IS NOT SOMETHING HE WOULD CONSIDER. >> WE HAVE GOT A NEED LOCALLY. WE HAVE TWO VERY DIFFERENT PROPOSALS IN WASHINGTON WOULD TWO VERY DIFFERENT WAYS OF PAYING FOR IT AND TWO VERY DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS OF INFRASTRUCTURE, CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WILL BE HAS