Transportation chair DeFazio says House will pass infrastructure package before July 4 break.
Pelosi talking about her father and brother’s service as mayors of Baltimore as she gives introduction to Lucas and the other mayors here.
Pelosi talking about the meeting between congressional leaders and Biden. Says electric cars were an area where two parties disagreed. But she’s still optimistic about a bipartisan package.
LA Mayor Garcetti is up first. Says “2021 is the year America gets its act together or we don’t.”
Thrust of Lucas’ speech was there are too many projects in KC & other cities that have been deferred for generations
https://twitter.com/bryanlowry3/status/1392531260178935810
New Jersey Rep. Sires had a bad gaffe where he referred to NJ Gov. Murphy as ”McGreevey,” the name of the governor who resigned in the early 2000s amid scandal.
Pelosi (looking at Lucas?) says mayors make good members of Congress. Lucas laughs.
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