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My Turn: Public works – an opportunity for bipartisanship
Published: 2/14/2021 6:20:04 AM
In President Joe Biden’s inaugural speech, he listed the convergence of five societal-level challenges facing the nation.
He appropriately has focused on the most pressing challenge of containing the spread of the Sars-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. His next initiative could result in advancing the climate change, economic, and justice agendas that are foci of his new administration by strategically crafting a comprehensive public works bill.
Almost 65 years ago President Eisenhower came before a joint session of Congress and proposed the greatest public works effort seen in the history of the United States.