Top Democrats in Congress told U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday that the Un...
WASHINGTON - Top Democrats in Congress told U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday that the United States has “massive” infrastructure needs which must be met with “substantial, new and real revenue.”
Any deal must “go beyond transportation and into broadband, water, energy, schools, housing and other initiatives. We must also invest in resiliency and risk mitigation of our current infrastructure to deal with climate change,” the Democrats added. In a February 2018 meeting with lawmakers, Trump had endorsed hiking the federal gasoline tax by 25 cents per gallon to fund infrastructure improvements, Democratic Senator Tom Carper said.
Other key Democrats attending Tuesday’s Trump meeting include Representatives Peter DeFazio, who chairs the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and Richard Neal, who chairs the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee. In February last year, Trump asked Congress to authorize $200 billion in federal money over 10 years to spur road, bridge and other projects mostly funded by states, cities and the private sector. That plan was roundly criticized and never voted on in Congress, which was then controlled by Republicans.
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