'We can work together. We can get things done. We can move the nation forward ...' President Joe Biden said in Kentucky, with an aging bridge behind him. Yet the rare joint appearance between leaders of opposing parties was about more than a bridge.
"We're finally going to get it done," he said.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre pointed to 200 bills Biden has passed with support from Republicans including billions of dollars to expand the manufacturing of computer chips, assistance for military veterans exposed to toxic smoke from"burn pits" and gun reform legislation. "We would not be here today without both Democrats and Republicans working together," DeWine said."It simply would not have happened."A new Congress with new priorities: What to know on investigations, the fate of Biden's agenda and more
Ohio and Kentucky are expected to use a combination of state and federal money to cover the rest of the project’s estimated $3.6 billion cost.
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