ICYMI: Davids Joins President Biden to Tout Infrastructure Bill in Kansas City
Yesterday, Representative Sharice Davids joined President Joe Biden in Kansas City to tout the bipartisan infrastructure law, which will bring $3.8 billion to Kansas for long-overdue infrastructure projects and create 2 million jobs per year for the next decade. Davids serves as Vice Chair of the Transportation & Infrastructure Committee and met with the President and senior White House officials multiple times during the bill's drafting before voting to pass it into law in November.
Local and national media covered this exciting news for the Kansas Third:
Kansas City Star: President Biden, in Kansas City, declares time has come for ‘action' on infrastructure
"Both Kansas City-area Democratic representatives supported the infrastructure bill. Kansas Rep. Sharice Davids has been an especially vocal champion of the law…In Kansas, a report produced by Davids' office has said priority projects in her district include the Indian Creek Nall Hills Flood Risk Reduction Project in Overland Park and Wyandotte County stormwater treatment facilities in need of immediate maintenance. "These are the things our country needs so we can move on, so we can make progress," Davids said."
Fox4: WATCH: President Biden: "Congresswoman Davids - There is no stronger advocate for infrastructure investment"
President Biden speaks on Rep. Davids' contributions to getting the new bipartisan infrastructure law passed at an event in Kansas City.
KSHB: 'No more talking — action': Biden addresses Kansas City infrastructure, new bill in speech
"Biden thanked Missouri Rep. Emanuel Cleaver and Kansas Rep. Sharice Davids, the Vice Chair of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for their contribution to the bill.
‘There's no stronger advocate for infrastructure investment in the United States Congress that I've ever seen,' Biden said of Davids. ‘Your leadership was key in getting this passed. So thank you, thank you, thank you.'"
"Biden also spoke of the impact of crumbling roads and bridges across America.
According to Biden, decaying roads cost in Kansas and Missouri costs each person more than $500 each year.
Biden said one priority is to ensure Americans are paying fair gas prices. According to the president, the average price of gas in Kansas City is currently at $2.90 per gallon, 20% less than a month ago."
KMBC: WATCH: Rep. Davids speaks with KMBC on what the bipartisan infrastructure passage means for the KC Area
AP: WH has new slogan on infrastructure, but message the same
"The infrastructure law will fund upgrades and repairs to roads, bridges, mass transit and water systems nationwide, along with a shift to electrical vehicles to help ease the effects of climate change.
"It's time to stop just kind of repairing our grandparents' infrastructure — it's time to start innovating," said Rep. Sharice Davids, a Democrat from the nearby state of Kansas who spoke at the event."
KSHB: WATCH: Rep. Davids on the benefits of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law with KSHB
Kansas Reflector: ‘Americans always rebuild': Biden promotes infrastructure investments in Kansas City speech
"U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids, a Democrat who represents the Kansas side of the Kansas City area, said she was excited by the billions of dollars that would flow into the region through infrastructure investments. She said residents can feel the economic impact of decades of underinvestment in infrastructure.
‘From bridges to broadband, we're continuing to create opportunities, because that's what this is about,' Davids said.
Davids joined Biden on a tour of the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority, along with Democratic U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver of Missouri, and Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor Quinton Lucas. Biden met with transportation officials and union workers before speaking.
The federal infrastructure bill includes $89 billion for local transit projects over the next five years, with $5.6 billion earmarked for low- or zero-emission vehicles."