WASHINGTON – Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is warning that the county's infrastructure needs exceed $1 trillion and that other countries, namely China, are pulling ahead of the U.S.
with their public works investments, a scenario he describes as “a threat to our collective future." Buttigieg is set to appear before a House panel Thursday, part of an opening gambit to sell Congress on President Joe Biden's infrastructure plan.
Congress just passed a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, but Buttigieg is expected to tell lawmakers that a broader economic recovery will require a national commitment to fix and transform America’s infrastructure.