US: Bipartisan Lawmakers Introduce Infrastructure Bill for Poor Communities
June 15, 2018
A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the House have introduced a bill aimed at funding new infrastructure projects in the nation’s poorest communities.
Source The Hil
A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the House have introduced a bill aimed at funding new infrastructure projects in the nation’s poorest communities.
The Generating American Income and Infrastructure Act (GAIIN Act) would instruct the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to sell off distressed assets, with 50 percent of the proceeds going to infrastructure projects in poor communities and 50 percent going to paying down the national debt.
The lawmakers believe the infrastructure projects, which would be centered in African American, Hispanic and rural white communities, will appeal to Democratic members in the House.
