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Kamala Harris' Public Statements on Issue: Infrastructure

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05/20/2022 Remarks by Vice President Harris on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Investments in Electric School Buses
05/20/2022 Tweet - "Starting today, every school district in our nation can apply for funding to purchase clean buses and to build charging infrastructure. http://epa.gov/cleanschoolbus."
04/30/2022 Tweet - "Children across America are going to school where they are potentially drinking lead-infused, poisonous water. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will start to replace lead pipes so our kids can drink clean water and live in a healthy environment."
04/04/2022 Tweet - "Today, our Administration released the Biden-Harris Action Plan for Building Better School Infrastructure. This Plan contains a number of bold actions that will improve the learning environment for children in public schools across our nation."
03/22/2022 Tweet - "Every person has a right to clean water. This World Water Day, I am especially proud of the work our Administration has done to improve water and sewer infrastructure, including removing lead pipes. We're long overdue to get this done."
03/07/2022 Tweet - "We are also announcing funding for one of my favorite advancements: electric school buses. $17 million in grants will complement the $5 billion for clean school buses we secured in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. This will have a huge impact for the health of our children."
03/07/2022 Remarks by Vice President Harris at a Clean Transit Event
02/14/2022 Remarks by Vice President Harris on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
02/11/2022 Remarks by Vice President Harris on Funding in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Remove and Replace Lead Pipes
01/24/2022 Tweet - "It's unacceptable that in 2022 we still have folks drinking water from toxic lead pipes. With investments we've made through our Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, we're on track to remove lead pipes across America."
01/14/2022 Tweet - "Sixty days ago, our administration signed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. From bridges and lead pipes, to high-speed internet and clean energy, we're already hard at work ensuring this once-in-a-generation investment gets to every community across our nation."
01/04/2022 Tweet - "Because of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, America is moving again. That's what infrastructure is all about: getting people moving."
12/27/2021 Tweet - "The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will modernize our airports, roads, and bridges, helping people get to where they need to go during future holiday seasons."
12/23/2021 Tweet - "There is no reason in the 21st century why people are still exposed to lead, when it was poisoning people back in the 18th century. There is no good reason. Our Bipartisan Infrastructure Law invests $15 billion to replace lead pipes throughout our country."
12/22/2021 Tweet - "America's children are breathing polluted air on their way to school. By investing in electric school buses with our Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, we will be helping our children's health."
12/20/2021 Tweet - "We promised better infrastructure to the American people and we delivered with our Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. In the new year, communities will begin to see improvements in roads and bridges, public transit, and clean drinking water."
12/18/2021 Tweet - "Our Lead Pipe and Paint Action Plan will coordinate the efforts of local, state, and federal partners toward a single goal: Accelerating the removal of lead pipes and paint over the next ten years, particularly in communities that have historically been left out and left behind."
12/17/2021 Tweet - "People who use public transportation spend more of their time in transit rather than spending time with their family, helping their children do their homework, running errands, or even relaxing after a hard day at work. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will change that."
12/17/2021 Tweet - "The science is clear about what drinking water from a lead pipe can do to someone. But here's the truth: Millions of people in our country, many of them children, are still exposed to lead every day. Our plan will remove all lead pipes across America."
12/16/2021 Remarks by Vice President Harris on the Biden-⁠Harris Lead Pipe and Paint Action Plan
12/13/2021 Tweet - "To meet our climate goals, we must invest in zero emission vehicles. Which is why we are making the largest-ever investment in electric vehicle infrastructure and technology in our nation's history with our Bipartisan Infrastructure Law."
12/06/2021 Tweet - "Creating good-paying, good union jobs and investing in public transit is what our Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is all about."
12/06/2021 Tweet - "Now that the House has passed our Build Back Better Act, it's time for the Senate to act. This is a plan to create jobs, reduce costs, tackle the climate crisis, and make our country more competitive."
11/30/2021 Remarks by Vice President Harris at a Build Back Better Virtual Rally
11/19/2021 Tweet - "These are roads people need to get to work and kids to school on time. With updated roads across America, we're getting our nation moving and where they need to go."

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