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With what would have been the biggest political story of the day. the senate giving president biden a victory by passing a huge infrastructure bill garrett haake on what it means >> reporter: tonight president biden praising the passage of the senates bipartisan infrastructure bill. >> after years and years of infrastructure week, were on the cusp of an infrastructure decade that i truly believe will transform america. >> reporter: the $1.2 trillion bill includes $550 billion in new spending, in...

America to build the future and allow us to outcompete the rest of the world. from building the erie canal in the early 1800s, the transcontinental railroad, to construction that was constructed during the civil war. to dwight eisenhowers interstate system in the 1950s. the investments have literally connected our entire nation and fundamentally changed the way of life. public investment thats took us to the moon and the discover you are of life saving medicines and vaccines and gave us the inte...

Interstate highway system passed in the senate in 1956. key investments that will create millions of good union jobs all across the country. in cities, small towns, rural and travel communities. in america, america this is how we truly build back better. this bill is going to put people to work. modernizing our roads and our highways and our bridges. so commuters and truckers dont lose time and traffic, saving billions of dollars nationally. today, up to 10 million homes in america, more than 40...

That is exactly the case they are making right out in the open. its not just the obama administration, pete buttigieg is now saying it, watch this. >> the interstate system was built to keep certain groups in in certain groups out. >> often, this wasnt just an act of the left. often, this was a conscious choice, racism physically built into some of our highways. >> tucker: eisenhowers interstate highway system is racist? i-95 is? tell us how, pete buttigieg. does he even believe that? no one bel...

Consequences. when eisenhower built the interstate system in the 50s, there wasnt a lot of other stuff in there with the interstate system transformed country, it was built largely for national security but we are still living with the benefit of the skeletal system of our economy that infrastructure is just about the stuff that has nothing to do with bridges, roads, airports, water systems and sewer systems, but infrastructure being what it is and if you want to do things like macaroni and chee...

There are silly questions about Hawaii, and then there are questions where the answer isn’t quite as readily apparent, where our regional differences

Serve your political purposes? >> no, not at all, because im going to tell you, list -- historys going to tell the truth anyway. my whole thing with country first, we owe the american people the truth. i just say, look, the republican party had lost its way. this party that built the interstate system, that freed the slaves is now the party thats engaged heavily in mask battles, anti-vaccination. all that may be important, but there are much more important things in this country, and thats what ...

Serve your political purposes? >> no, not at all, because im going to tell you, list -- historys going to tell the truth anyway. my whole thing with country first, we owe the american people the truth. i just say, look, the republican party had lost its way. this party that built the interstate system, that freed the slaves is now the party thats engaged heavily in mask battles, anti-vaccination. all that may be important, but there are much more important things in this country, and thats what ...

The American Rescue Plan would invest in connecting underserved communities that were historically divided.

Alice Echo News Journal Congressman Filemon Vela (TX-34) released a statement on his address to the House Committee on transportation and infrastructure for South Texas at the Members’ Day Hearing on Thursday, April 15. The hearing gives state leaders the opportunity for members of the U.S. House of Representatives to highlight issues of importance to them and their constituents as Congress works to reauthorize surface transportation programs as well as participate in the Committee’s work...