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Infrastructure Passes:
Five Big Wins
for Our Economy
By U.S. Chamber of Commerce and ensure faster approval for infrastructure
projects, including through our leadership of
With the passage of the Infrastructure the Unlock America’s Future Coalition. We
Investment and Jobs Act, the stage is set successfully pushed for provisions in the final
to start rebuilding America and turbocharge our bill that streamline the permitting process to
nation's economic growth. prevent federal bureaucracy from blocking the
growth, development, and job creation this bill
The U.S. Chamber has spent months advocating will make possible.
with White House officials, congressional leaders
from both parties, business and labor leaders Makes Historic Investment to Address
spanning industries, and local communities Climate Change
across the country to ensure passage of the
legislation. Our efforts have been instrumental Thanks in part to the Chamber’s leadership, the
in bringing about consensus on what must be bill includes a climate title within its surface
accomplished and why it must be accomplished transportation provisions—a first for major
now. Here are five big wins for our economy now federal legislation—which will help ensure our
that the legislation has passed. infrastructure is built to withstand the winds,
likely to be wrought by climate change in the
Upgrades All Physical Infrastructure coming decades. Overall, the bill includes
From day one, the Chamber held the position
that infrastructure modernization should be
comprehensive and complete—that a focus on
surface transportation alone was not enough. In
addition to serving as the largest investment in
roads, bridges, and passenger rail in more than
a half century, the package now represents the
largest federal investment in public transit, clean
drinking water, and wastewater infrastructure
in American history. It also will connect 14
million Americans to broadband and provide
clean drinking water for 10 million families and
400,000 schools and childcare facilities.
Provides Fast Approvals for New Projects
The Chamber has sounded the alarm for years
on the need to cut government red tape
21 AMCHAM SOUTH CHINA
Infrastructure Passes:
Five Big Wins
for Our Economy
By U.S. Chamber of Commerce and ensure faster approval for infrastructure
projects, including through our leadership of
With the passage of the Infrastructure the Unlock America’s Future Coalition. We
Investment and Jobs Act, the stage is set successfully pushed for provisions in the final
to start rebuilding America and turbocharge our bill that streamline the permitting process to
nation's economic growth. prevent federal bureaucracy from blocking the
growth, development, and job creation this bill
The U.S. Chamber has spent months advocating will make possible.
with White House officials, congressional leaders
from both parties, business and labor leaders Makes Historic Investment to Address
spanning industries, and local communities Climate Change
across the country to ensure passage of the
legislation. Our efforts have been instrumental Thanks in part to the Chamber’s leadership, the
in bringing about consensus on what must be bill includes a climate title within its surface
accomplished and why it must be accomplished transportation provisions—a first for major
now. Here are five big wins for our economy now federal legislation—which will help ensure our
that the legislation has passed. infrastructure is built to withstand the winds,
likely to be wrought by climate change in the
Upgrades All Physical Infrastructure coming decades. Overall, the bill includes
From day one, the Chamber held the position
that infrastructure modernization should be
comprehensive and complete—that a focus on
surface transportation alone was not enough. In
addition to serving as the largest investment in
roads, bridges, and passenger rail in more than
a half century, the package now represents the
largest federal investment in public transit, clean
drinking water, and wastewater infrastructure
in American history. It also will connect 14
million Americans to broadband and provide
clean drinking water for 10 million families and
400,000 schools and childcare facilities.
Provides Fast Approvals for New Projects
The Chamber has sounded the alarm for years
on the need to cut government red tape
21 AMCHAM SOUTH CHINA
