Biden visits Baltimore bridge collapse: 'Your nation has your back'
President Joe Biden got a firsthand look Friday at the devastation left behind after Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed last month.
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President Joe Biden got a firsthand look Friday at the devastation left behind after Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed last month.
Congressional Republicans have indicated they might throw a wrench into the president's plan to reopen the bridge with federal funds.
The president met with the families of the six workers who died when the bridge collapsed. The construction crew - all immigrants from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador – were filling potholes on the bridge when it fell during the early morning hours of March 26.
Temporary channels are open for shipping, with reopening of the main channel slated for May.
The White House announced millions of dollars more in funding for the Port of Baltimore on Friday, while calling on Congress to pass additional legislation to cover the full cost of rebuilding the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge.