Infrastructure

Our tunnels, roadways, and transit systems are deteriorating after decades of underinvestment, even though public infrastructure is the backbone of economic security and growth, connecting communities to jobs, markets, and essential services. Strategic, sustained investment in infrastructure creates good-paying union jobs, improves quality of life, and strengthens long-term economic growth. 

We must invest in public infrastructure and build a world-class transit system, especially as the American Society of Civil Engineers has given U.S. infrastructure a grade of C, a clear sign that we are falling behind peer nations despite the taxes Americans already pay (ASCE, 2025). Congress must close this infrastructure investment gap by directing significantly more funding toward modernization, repair, climate resilience, and long-term maintenance, supported by stable funding sources that extend beyond any single term in Congress.

As the climate crisis worsens, federal policy must prioritize public transportation and high-speed rail over new highway construction and expansion, which increase pollution and disproportionately harm overburdened communities, by investing in public buses, light rail, commuter rail, and intercity rail systems. This is why I will champion and organize in support of the Green New Deal, which includes critical funding to rebuild our aging infrastructure while addressing decades of neglect in both urban and rural communities. 

At the same time, Infrastructure projects too often take longer than expected, wasting taxpayer dollars and driving up costs, which is why we must modernize the federal permitting process to reduce unnecessary delays while maintaining strong environmental and labor protections, lowering costs, accelerating delivery, and improving quality of life more quickly (Drake, 2025).