Both parties in Congress must address infrastructure challenges

Published October 27, 2021 12:00am ET



As the weeks and months pass by, the reconciliation bill that’s primarily filled with social programs and the infrastructure bill with trillions of dollars as a price tag are stalling in Congress because centrist Democrats and their liberal colleagues in the party are not on the same page.

House and Senate Republicans are also concerned about the considerable spending that the majority of Democrats are asking for to get people back on track after our country has been severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, rising inflation, and shortages of labor and materials due to widespread supply chain disruption across the country and on the global stage.

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