Harris visits Pittsburgh amid push for infrastructure plan
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris makes her first trip to Pittsburgh Monday with Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, Harris' office said.
The visit to the presidential battleground state comes as President Joe Biden's administration pushes a massive infrastructure plan in Congress. Walsh visited eastern Pennsylvania earlier in June to tout Biden's infrastructure plan.
Biden originally went to Pittsburgh on March 31 to unveil a $2.3 trillion plan in what he billed as “a once-in-a-generation investment in America” that would also undo tax cuts for corporations under Biden's predecessor, Republican Donald Trump.
Pennsylvania's Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Casey has backed Biden's plans, while Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey countered with a smaller plan that he said is more narrowly tailored to infrastructure and does not include what he called social welfare programs.
Casey called that plan a “slap in the face” because it left out funding for home and community-based services for the elderly and disabled.
