Biden: $2.25 trillion infrastructure spending package about ‘saving lives’

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President Joe Biden debuted a new pitch for his $2.25 trillion jobs and infrastructure plan, contending during a stop in Louisiana that public works projects were a matter of life or death.

Biden argued Thursday that the state of the country’s bridges was not only inconvenient but also an issue of public safety if firefighters and paramedics could not reach those in need of help or if people were cut off from hurricane evacuation routes.

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