Fitzpatrick, House transportation committee members meet with Biden on infrastructure

U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and a group of his colleagues serving on the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Committee on March 4 discussed bipartisan infrastructure collaboration with President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Pete Buttigieg.

“I appreciate President Biden choosing me to work with him in a bipartisan manner to rebuild our nation’s infrastructure,” Rep. Fitzpatrick said last week. “Following today’s White House meeting, I feel confident and look forward to working alongside the administration and my colleagues to put together a strong, successful, bipartisan infrastructure package this Congress.”

“Investing in our roads, rails, bridges, IT infrastructure, and electrical grid is an investment in our nation, our economy, and our families,” the congressman said.

Among the colleagues who joined Rep. Fitzpatrick during the Oval Office meeting were T&I Committee Chairman Peter DeFazio (D-OR), T&I Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO), and committee members U.S. Reps. Rodney Davis (R-IL) and John Katko (R-NY). 

“One of our top priorities this Congress is to work with the Biden administration on an ambitious, bipartisan infrastructure package that maintains, repairs and invests in America,” explained Rep. Fitzpatrick. “The time is now for Congress and the administration to reach across the aisle, unite, and boost investments in our surface transportation network that will move our transportation systems into the 21st century.”

Rep. Fitzpatrick added that it’s especially important to “build a bridge and put together bipartisan legislation that is both responsive to local needs and worthy of the public’s trust.”

“Infrastructure investment can and will deliver real benefits to every American and additionally has the unique power to unite us as a nation,” he said. “We need a bipartisan Surface Transportation Reauthorization.”