Buttigieg says infrastructure bill will affect ‘every American’

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Sunday the nearly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill in the Senate will affect every community and “every American.”

"We’re talking about roads and bridges, we’re talking about ports and airports, we’re talking about rail and transit, not to mention the work that’s going on on water, on broadband – there is no county, no community, certainly no state in this nation that won’t see improvements because of this," he said.  The Senate entered a rare session on Saturday to work on the bill that allocates about $550 billion in new spending over five years, including $110 billion for roads and bridges. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said he hoped to wrap up voting before senators break for their August recess on Friday.