A group of 369 mayors have urged Congress to take immediate action on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework announced by President Biden and a group of Republican and Democratic senators in June.
“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 mayors wrote in the letter. “The Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework is crucial to making meaningful progress on one of the most pressing and unifying challenges facing our country — the need for comprehensive investment in public transportation; roads; bridges; passenger and freight rail; drinking water and wastewater; clean energy and electrification; legacy pollution cleanup; cyber-attack and extreme weather-resiliency; and
