Joseph Robinette Biden

“ Across the country, hundreds of thousands of older adults and people with disabilities are in need of home and community-based services. The President’s plan will invest $400 billion to help more people access care and improve the quality of caregiving jobs. CHILD CARE: In Colorado, there is an estimated $640 million gap in what schools need to do maintenance and make improvements and 51% of residents live in a childcare desert. ”

“ Coloradans who take public transportation spend an extra 74.6% of their time commuting and non-White households are 1.8 times more likely to commute via public transportation. 12% of trains and other transit vehicles in the state are past useful life. The American Jobs Plan will modernize public transit with an $85 billion investment. RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE: From 2010 to 2020, Colorado has experienced 30 extreme weather events, costing the state up to 50 billion in damages. ”

“ CLEAN ENERGY JOBS: As of 2019, there were 62,420 Coloradans working in clean energy, and the American Jobs Plan invests in creating more good paying union jobs advancing clean energy production by extending and expanding tax credits for clean energy generation, carbon capture and sequestration and clean energy manufacturing. VETERANS HEALTH: Colorado is home to over 403,000 veterans, 11.2% of whom are women and 42% of whom are over the age of 65. ”

“ The President proposes investing over $200 billion to increase housing supply and address the affordable housing crisis. BROADBAND: 12.1% of Coloradans live in areas where, by one definition, there is no broadband infrastructure that provides minimally acceptable speeds. And 38.1% of Coloradans live in areas where there is only one such internet provider. ”