Mitch Landrie talked on why he’s displeased with Republican lawmakers who opposed the infrastructure bill but have been quick to offer praise and claim credit when their local projects get a share of the cash
. But it may be years before federal, state and local governments decide which specific projects get the vast majority of the money, and even longer before many Americans see the results. Landrieu acknowledged that many of the spending decisions rest with Republican governors who oppose Biden’s push to use much of the money for projects that counteract climate change or redress the legacies of racial discrimination.
When asked about how the White House plans to supply enough technical workers to install 500,000 electric vehicle charging stations in the next seven years, Landrieu said that part of the solution is for employers to provide training, health care, and childcare to get more people into the workforce. “Childcare is infrastructure,” he said.
The conversation comes less than a week after Biden formally launched his re-election campaign with the release of a, during which he asked voters to give him more time to “finish the job” he started in 2021. The President plans to run on his legislative record, making a case to voters that their lives have improved because of legislation he helped pass, including the historic bipartisan infrastructure package that would have seemed improbable when he took office.
When asked about the lessons he learned from serving in the Louisiana legislature for 16 years, Landrieu said that he made it a point to have lunch twice a year with the most conservative people in the House, during which he would try to find common ground. But it’s not always that easy, he noted. “Everybody in America thinks that Congress works like this. Someone comes up with an idea, 435 members sit on the House floor and they have this wonderful debate, and then at the end of it, they vote and the majority wins. Washington doesn’t work that way.”
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