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Published by Peter Lawrence on Wednesday, May 26, 2021 - 12:00am
Addressing the country’s infrastructure failings is again in the headlines. Recent Congressional hearings included housing, community development and renewable energy tax credits among the mechanisms that can be utilized to meet the Biden administration’s infrastructure investment goals. On May 18 the Senate Finance Committee hosted a hearing entitled, “Funding and Financing Options to Bolster American Infrastructure,” and the next day the House Ways and Means Committee hosted a hearing entitled, “Leveraging the Tax Code for Infrastructure Investment.” Both hearings provided the opportunity for Congressional members to discuss the Biden administration’s $2.25 trillion American Jobs Plan, an infrastructure proposal that that would address the country’s “traditional” transportation, energy and communications infrastructure provisions, while also investing in community development, climate change/green
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is the 52nd Speaker of the House of Representatives, having made history in 2007 when she was elected the first woman to serve as Speaker of the House. As Speaker, Pelosi has made the climate crisis her flagship issue, enacting comprehensive energy legislation in 2007 that raised vehicle fuel efficiency standards for the first time in 32 years and making an historic commitment to American home-grown biofuels. For 33 years, Speaker Pelosi has represented San Francisco, California s 12th District, in Congress. She has led House Democrats for 16 years and previously served as House Democratic Whip.
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