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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and House Democrats released major upgrades and investments to rebuild our nation’s infrastructure, create good paying jobs, and address the climate crisis.

The Moving Forward Infrastructure framework is estimated to create 10 million jobs by investing $760 billion over five years for infrastructure updates and rebuilding. The proposal includes strong “Buy American” protections to support US manufacturing and workers. The framework has a strong focus on reducing carbon pollution, strengthening energy efficiency, advancing renewable energy systems, and addressing the PFAS contamination crisis. More information on the Moving Forward framework is available here.

“Investing in our nation’s infrastructure is bigger than just fixing our roads, bridges, and airports; it will support manufacturing and good-paying jobs, transition our nation to clean energy, and put us on track to grow for future,” said Dingell. “With American ingenuity and working together we can accomplish a lot. Expanding broadband, improving water infrastructure, and cleaning up brownfields put us on the road to prosperity. Establishing a strong infrastructure network that is made to last give every small business, consumer, and manufacturer a chance to participate in the economy.  We must do this not only to fix the roads, but to cement our children’s economic future.”

The Moving Forward proposal includes a number of provisions championed by Dingell:

• Supports the development of an electric vehicle charging network to facilitate the transition to zero emissions vehicles from coast to coast. Dingell introduced comprehensive legislation to support and advance the development, production, and distribution of electric vehicles and electric infrastructure across the United States.
• Provides funding to local communities dealing with PFAS contamination in drinking water and requires EPA identify and assist these and other communities with effective decontamination techniques. Dingell’s PFAS Action Act lists select PFAS chemicals – PFOA and PFOS – as hazardous substances within one year under the Superfund program to direct federal resources to clean up contaminated sites and limit their spread. It would also require EPA to make a determination on all remaining PFAS chemicals within five years, among other things.

This past year, Dingell has introduced and worked on three additional pieces of legislation that would help make our nation’s infrastructure more environmental conscious and friendly. This includes legislation to support and advance Electric Vehicles, legislation to build America’s new infrastructure through investments in combatting climate change, and legislation to establish a National Climate Bank that would publicly finance investments in clean, renewable energy and emissions reduction projects.

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