Biden Gets GOP Warning on Infrastructure: Expect to Pay for It
- Graves lays down Republican marker after White House meeting
- State of roads, bridges, sewers got mediocre grade in report
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A key House Republican said he told Joe Biden in a meeting on Thursday that the president’s plan to rebuild U.S. infrastructure will lose GOP support if it adds to the deficit or delves into issues beyond roads and bridges, such as expanding clean power sources.
Representative Sam Graves of Missouri, the senior Republican on the Transportation committee, said the coming legislation must also balance needs in rural areas with those in cities.