President Joe Biden moved the talk about new federal infrastructure legislation into a new phase, convening a White House meeting with Senate public-works leaders to discuss broad principles they would like to see reflected in the envisioned legislation.
At the roughly 70-minute meeting, held on Feb 11 in the Oval Office, the administration was represented by Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who attended virtually. Buttigieg is quarantining after a member of his security detail tested positive for COVID-19.