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A senator involved in the infrastructure negotiations highlights water funding, wildfire prevention and local-bridge eligibility
Summary
An unidentified speaker who said they were one of roughly 10 senators who negotiated the infrastructure bill outlined provisions directing about $66 billion to water projects, new wildfire-prevention work, grants for traffic-response technology and expanded eligibility for local bridge funding.
An unidentified speaker who said they were one of roughly 10 senators involved in negotiating the federal infrastructure bill outlined how the law directs funds toward water projects, wildfire prevention, traffic-response technology and local bridges. "The infrastructure bill was negotiated by a group of roughly 10 senators, 5 Republicans and 5 Democrats, and I was 1 of those," the speaker said.
The speaker said the bill establishes a commission to study wildfire prevention and response, focusing on how the U.S. and "particularly the American West" can prevent fires and put them out before they damage homes, property and lives. "The commission that…
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