Clinton Promises Robust Job-Creating Infrastructure Plan
A multiyear plan designed to boost funding for new highways and bridges would provide employment for people currently looking for work, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said while accepting her party’s presidential nomination on July 28 at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
Clinton indicated that her 5-year, $275 billion proposal to finance large-scale infrastructure and freight connectivity projects would go into effect during the first 100 days of her administration, if she’s elected president in November.
“We will work with both parties to pass the biggest investment in new, good-paying jobs since World War II,” Clinton said. “Jobs in manufacturing, clean energy, technology and innovation, small business and infrastructure. If we invest in infrastructure now, we’ll not only create jobs today, but lay the foundation for the jobs of the future.”
Clinton added, “And we will transform the way we prepare our young people for those jobs.”
For Republicans, Donald Trump, Clinton’s rival in the presidential contest, offered a similar pledge during his acceptance speech at his party’s convention in Cleveland earlier this month.
Trump said his administration would “build the roads, highways, bridges, tunnels, airports and the railways of our tomorrow. This, in turn, will create millions of more jobs.”
Unlike Clinton, Trump has yet to provide details of his infrastructure plan.
Despite passing a five-year highway bill that was enacted in 2015, Congress did not ensure the long-term sustainability of the highway account that funds road projects around the country.
