The Hill
May 19, 2021
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Labor Secretary Marty Walsh touted President Biden’s infrastructure package on Wednesday as the White House continues talks with GOP lawmakers.
Buttigieg, who met with Republicans Tuesday to discuss infrastructure spending, told reporters it was a “productive conversation.”
“The purpose of our conversation was really to see where there are areas of overlap,” he said after touring the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge project in Washington, D.C.
“We start in very different places, but that’s how negotiations work.”
Buttigieg and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo met with Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (W.Va.) and other congressional Republicans on Tuesday. Capito pitched a $568 billion plan in April, far below the $2.3 trillion proposal put forth by Biden.
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