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Witnesses tell committee a national infrastructure bank could finance Maryland bridges, create jobs

House of Delegates Rules and Executive Nominations Committee · March 17, 2026
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Summary

HJ 2 urges Congress to create a $5 trillion National Infrastructure Bank; witnesses said such a bank would finance large projects and create millions of jobs, and suggested a regional East Coast bank if a federal option stalls.

Delegate Wu presented House Joint Resolution 2 urging support for the National Infrastructure Bank (NIB), a proposed $5 trillion public financing institution to underwrite major infrastructure projects nationwide.

"This resolution urged the US Congress to pass the National Infrastructure Bank Act, which would create a $5,000,000,000,000…

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