Posted: | April 27, 2023 03:23 PM |
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From: | Senator Lisa M. Boscola |
To: | All Senate members |
Subject: | Resolution to Congress Advocating for a National Infrastructure Bank |
I intend to reintroduce a resolution urging the United States Congress to enact legislation to establish a new National Infrastructure Bank (NIB). Currently, the state of our Commonwealth’s infrastructure mirrors that of much of the nation. The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) gave the country a C+ grade in its 2021 report card and estimated that the nation needs to spend $2.59 trillion to close the current infrastructure investment gap over the next 10 years. Last year (Nov. 2022) ASCE released their latest report where they gave Pennsylvania an overall grade of a C-, or "Mediocre: Requires Attention". Our grade remains the same from the 2018 report card, seeing little improvement across the spectrum of infrastructure sectors, with numerous key components of our state’s infrastructure grading lower than the overall. These include:
Action has to be taken, and it is well beyond the capabilities of any one or several states to undertake on their own to address this growing problem. I urge you to join me in supporting this resolution, which will be disseminated to the Pennsylvania Congressional Delegation, the Governor, the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and the President of the United States. In 2021-22 several other state and municipal governments introduced NIB resolutions with Alabama, California, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, New Jersey, and Nevada passing resolutions through at least one chamber. Prior cosponsors of SR153 of 2021 included: Senators Costa, Fontana, Kane, Yudichak, Schwank, Tartaglione, Kearney, Muth, Cappelletti, and Santarsiero. |
Introduced as SR145