The Minnesota Democrat rolled out a plan to spend hundreds of billions of dollars updating roads, bridges and internet connectivity.
The Trump administration’s on-again, off-again focus on infrastructure has become ain Washington, but the Minnesota senator has made it the first major policy proposal of her presidential campaign, outlining a wide-ranging plan to address issues from fixing crumbling roadways to updating public school facilities and pledging to connect every American household to the internet by 2022.
By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time. Klobuchar’s seven-point investment plan hits on a slew of Democratic priorities, hewing largely to the party’s mainstream positions. Klobuchar proposed channeling $650 billion in federal funding into the plan, as well as investing in public-private partnerships and bringing back the Obama administration’s “Build America Bonds.”
Repairs are conducted on Interstate 35 in Minnesota over the Mississippi River in 2008, nine months after a section collapsed. | Jim Mone/AP Photo
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