Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt was among a handful of mayors scheduled to meet Wednesday with President Biden at the White House to discuss the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package yet to be handled by Congress.
The Republican mayor recently was among those who signed a letter of support for the infrastructure plan backed by Biden. Norman Mayor Breea Clark also was one of more than 350 mayors that signed the letter sent on behalf of the U.S. Conference of Mayors reported The Oklahoman.
The letter urges congressional leaders to act on the infrastructure plan they say is crucial to improving America’s roads, bridges, drinking water, public transportation and more.
‘This framework would be the largest long-term investment in our nation’s infrastructure and competitiveness in nearly a century – $1.2 trillion over eight years – to help make our economy more sustainable, resilient, and just,’ the letter reads.
The group of mayors also asked federal lawmakers not to tap unused pandemic relief funds to cover costs of the infrastructure plan — an idea that has been floated in Washington, D.C.
The bipartisan infrastructure proposal largely seeks to improve traditional infrastructure, such as roads, bridges, rail networks, broadband infrastructure and water and sewer lines.
Members of the U.S. Senate returned to Washington, D.C., this week to begin talks on the infrastructure plan. The House will be back in session next week.
Source: The Oklahoman
