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Grassley focuses on broadband coverage in Biden infrastructure package

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May 18th, 2021 by admin

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says one segment of President Biden’s proposed two-point-three trillion dollar infrastructure plan will be discussed in a Senate Finance Committee hearing today (Tuesday). The Senate’s official calendar lists the hearing name as, Funding and Financing Options to Bolster American Infrastructure.

Grassley, a Republican, says he still hasn’t made up his mind on whether or not he’ll support the massive measure going forward.

The Biden package goes beyond traditional infrastructure items like roads and bridges, as it also aims to address issues ranging from elder care to climate change. Grassley says he wants to focus on getting high-speed internet service to America’s under-served areas, which includes wide expanses of the Iowa countryside.

The Biden administration is proposing paying for the enormous proposal by raising corporate taxes, an idea Republicans are resisting.