WASHINGTON — Democrats in the U.S. House on Thursday called for $1 trillion of federal infrastructure spending on public assets such as roads, railways, high-speed internet and schools.
A group of Democratic lawmakers made their pitch in advance of Monday’s slated White House release of “principles” for President Trump’s long-anticipated infrastructure proposal. Administration officials have indicated that the Trump plan will call for about $200 billion of direct federal spending over a decade.
“The president talks a big act, but then he proposes a small bill,” House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, of California, said at a press conference. She described the president’s approach to infrastructure as a “disappointment” and said it would shift burdens onto city and state budgets.
Route Fifty
By Bill Lucia,
Senior Reporter
February 8, 2018