Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms will be in Washington D.C. this afternoon.
Bottoms will join President Joe Biden, members of Congress and a diverse group of leaders for a signing ceremony of the $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act today at 3 p.m.
This bipartisan legislation, over the next five years, will rebuild roads, bridges, ports, and rail; expand access to clean drinking water; help ensure every American has access to high-speed internet; address the climate crisis and advance environmental justice.
Key Terms
Infrastructure: The basic physical structures that organize a society. Buildings, roads, bridges, power supply structures, and water structures are all types of infrastructure.
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Combined with Biden’s Build Back Better framework, it could also add, on average, 1.5 million jobs per year for the next 10 years.
The ceremony can be viewed online here.
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