Infrastructure advocates had to wait until President Trump was about an hour into his State of the Union address, but they finally heard what they were listening for: a “mention” about investing in public works. [View White House transcript of speech here.]
Trump said in his Feb. 4 speech before a joint session of Congress, “We must…rebuild America’s infrastructure.” Then he got more specific, calling on Congress to approve the highway authorization bill that the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee cleared unanimously on July 30.