摘要: |
After a successful series of Washington, D.C., meetings with high-level federal agency leaders, members of Congress and top cabinet officials, mayors of Mississippi River cities and towns have released a policy platform that lays out their goals for how best to direct and channel federal spending from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to strengthen and benefit the river corridor. Speakers at its Washington meeting from March 1 through March 3 included Jaime Pinkham, deputy assistant secretary of the U.S. Army; Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), whose committee assignments include the Senate Committee on Agriculture; Sen. Amy Klo-buchar (D-Minn.); Sen. John Boozman (R-Ark.), who was inducted as the new co-chair of the Mississippi River Caucus in the Senate; and many others. |