President Biden unveils plan to replace every lead pipe in the U.S.
in the country. Now the White House says it has a plan to deliver, despite a significant funding gap.
The funding at Biden’s disposal may determine whether the president can deliver on an issue that has come to symbolize how infrastructure shortfalls have disproportionately put low-income and minority communities at risk, especially in the wake of water crises in Flint, Mich., and Newark, N.J. Biden initially sought $45 billion from Congress to complete the task. In the end, Biden got only $15 billion for lead pipes as part of the bipartisan infrastructure bill he signed into law last month.
The White House plan unveiled on Thursday said the administration intends to augment the $15 billion from the infrastructure law with another $15 billion for pipes and paint in the Build Back Better Act, Biden’s domestic spending package that’s currently stalled in the Senate after passing the House in aSenate Democrats are struggling to get everyone on their side of the aisle behind the $1.7 trillion bill, with moderate Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va.
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