Joseph Robinette Biden

“ So we’re going to talk about infrastructure. And I want to hear what’s on the minds of my colleagues here, and we’re going to see what we can put together. There’s a number of things that are out there that the American people are looking at us to step up.
Again, it’s not — I really, honest to God, never have thought of the — of infrastructure as being a partisan issue. It’s about — I mean, a lot of bridges in West Virginia, a lot of — a lot of dangerous spots along Route 9, in terms of Cancer Alley. A lot of places where we’re having problems all across the country. ”

“ But all kidding aside, there’s — there’s a lot we have to do. And I could think of no better group of people to start off with to try to see if we can come to some kind of generic consensus about how to begin. They have a lot of jurisdiction over a significant portion of infrastructure. ”

“ They’re going to — they’re working very hard to try to move in a position where they end up being the source of a — of a new way in which to power automobiles, which would — they’re going to invest a lot of money. ”