Trump to Urge Congress in State of the Union to Produce Infrastructure Legislation
President Donald Trump plans to urge Congress during Tuesday's State of the Union to “produce an infrastructure package that delivers substantial investments in vital” projects, an administration official told reporters Friday on condition of not being identified. Trump's push for…
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infrastructure legislation would be part of a broader focus on “rebuilding America” in a speech aimed at encouraging bipartisan compromise. Administration officials continued to meet in recent weeks on reviving an infrastructure legislative package this year, including whether to expand its telecom scope beyond increasing broadband deployments to also include funding for 5G technology (see 1901180032). Telecom interests have been hopeful that prospects for compromise on a broadband title in infrastructure legislation have improved because the split partisan control of Congress (see 1811130011).