"And it puts us on a path to win the economic competition of the 21st century that we face with China and other large countries and the rest of the world," the president added. The legislation, Biden said, is "a once-in-a-generation investment that's going to create millions of jobs modernizing our infrastructure-our roads, our bridges, our broadband, a whole range of things-to turn the climate crisis into an opportunity." President Joe Biden celebrated the bill's passage as "a monumental step forward" for the nation. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images competitiveness relying merely on a stimulus bill."Ĭhina state media is mocking a newly passed infrastructure bill that the Biden administration is touting as a “once-in-a-generation” investment.
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The plan also invests $65 billion to rebuild the electric grid, $55 billion to upgrade water infrastructure, $39 billion for public transit and $25 billion to improve airports.Ĭhinese state media wrote that "it is tantamount to a fairy tale to revitalize U.S. The White House has estimated that the investments will add about 2 million jobs per year on average.
The $1.2 trillion package includes $555 billion in new funding for roads, bridges, broadband and more over the next five years. The Senate voted 69 to 30 in August to pass the infrastructure bill, with 19 Republicans joining all Democrats. Thirteen Republicans bucked their party to support the legislation, helping push it across the finish line amid a handful of Democrat defections. The infrastructure bill passed 228 to 206 in the House of Representatives last Friday. "The bill will by no means solve all the U.S.' problems and give the country enough vitality to compete with China in the sphere of large-scale infrastructure projects," the opinion article read. The Global Times, a newspaper produced by the ruling Chinese Communist Party, criticized the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act in an editorial published on Sunday. Chinese state media is mocking a newly passed infrastructure bill the Biden administration is touting as a "once-in-a-generation" investment as a "feeble imitation" of their nation's accomplishments.
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