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Starting gate Western rails: President Joe Biden’s stop in Las Vegas last week to announce $3 billion in new rail funding to connect the city with Southern California has generated fodder for the
“We are excited with an exclamation point,” the avowed policy wonk said, eager to discuss roads, rails and pipelines, oh my!
Clyburn said the discussion will be broad — not just about roads, bridges, ports and rails — but water and sewers and other forms of infrastructure.
He rails against “elites on the coasts” and understands why many are “frustrated” and “angry” over low-paying jobs and high health care costs. He blames both parties for the shape America is in.
“When it got to the Clinton stuff, everything just went off the rails,” said one Democratic committee staffer, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. “It was sort of like, ‘All bets are off.