President Joe Biden Set To Visit Baltimore Wednesday To Discuss $1 Trillion Infrastructure Deal

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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — President Joe Biden is traveling to Baltimore Wednesday to sermon the $1 trillion infrastructure woody aimed to assistance Americans by upgrading ports and strengthening proviso chains.

“The Biden medication recognizes that the Port of Baltimore is the largest root of good-paying, blue-collar jobs successful the state!” said John Porcari, White House Port Envoy. “Seventeen cardinal dollars for America’s ports that’s an unprecedented investment.”

The magnitude of wealth that caused pushback from Republicans backmost successful October earlier the woody was passed.

“They truly should beryllium moving with america connected an infrastructure measure that would walk overwhelmingly but alternatively they conscionable person an insatiable appetite to rise taxes and walk much money,” said Rep. Steve Scalise, (R-LA) House Minority Leader

But The Port Envoy says this is an concern worthy making.

“We’re acold down galore different countries,” said Porcari.

Last month, Chopper 13 flew supra the Port of Baltimore postulation was astatine a standstill. Trucks backed up arsenic acold arsenic the oculus could spot owed to proviso concatenation issues.

“All the containers sitting successful the larboard implicit connected the westbound seashore they’re each starting to travel in, present and its got america backed up,” said 1 motortruck driver.

This caller woody promises to assistance alleviate the congestion astatine the ports and ports similar Baltimore’s are excessively important to the system to autumn behind.

“What the woody does, is it pays it guardant for the adjacent generation. Its gathering generational infrastructure that’ll service Baltimore the authorities of Maryland, successful fact, the full state good into the future,” Porcari added.

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In a tweet from Governor Hogan Monday, helium said this caller woody volition mean millions of dollars for Maryland’s bridges, airports, broadband connectivity and billions for roads and nationalist transportation, conscionable to sanction a few.