White House urges Congress to fund 100% of Key Bridge rebuild
Credit: The Baltimore Sun
As state of Maryland officials consider which builder to select for the Francis Scott Key Bridge replacement, the White House reiterated Friday its plans to fund the rebuild in its entirety.
Democratic President Joe Biden has stated the federal government will fully pay for the new bridge, and Shalanda Young, director of the Office of Management and Budget, again urged Congress to do so in a letter to the Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson.
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U.S. Rep. David Trone, a Democrat from Maryland’s 6th District, said in a statement he’s working to “deploy additional federal funding as quickly as possible.”
“I know how important it is to get this bridge up and running again. We continue to push toward a bipartisan funding package that supports 100 percent of the replacement of this critical bridge, and I commend President Biden and his Administration’s steadfast partnership in this effort. Our community cannot afford to wait; we must put politics aside and deliver results,” Trone said in a statement Friday.
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