Robert Puentes, president and CEO of the independent Washington-based Eno Center for Transportation think tank, said IN ended up being very well protected. Later in the day, Comey's opening statement for his Thursday appearance before the committee was released, dominating news coverage. "They're just obstructionists", Trump said.
Trump said that as he campaigned across the country previous year, people often asked him why the US was spending money to rebuild other countries when the roads and bridges they travel on needed rebuilding, too.
He says, "it's time to rebuild our country" and "to put America first".
"I'm calling on all Democrats and Republicans to join together if that's possible, in the great rebuilding of America", he said. However, many Democrats are opposed to Trump's plans for financing the overhaul, arguing they would result in taxpayer-funded corporate profits with the costs absorbed by consumers.
Trump said the families - one from OH and another from Kentucky - are going through "turmoil" along with millions of other consumers who are facing rising premiums and limited choices for health coverage under the 2010 law. "Deductibles have gone insane, the costs of the plans have gone insane, and what I've done is I've absorbed most of the increases just so I can keep happy employees".
Trump mentioned that people around the country are anxious there are bridges "so risky they are afraid they are going to fall down".
"Obamacare is in a total death spiral and the problems will only get worse if Congress fails to act", Trump said. "One of the biggest broken promises ever".
Trump is also talking up his controversial decision to pull the USA out of what he dismissively referred to as the "so-called" Paris climate accord.
"Coal miners like Trump...so do steel workers", Trump said. His proposed budget includes $200 billion in public funds as part of an overall $1 trillion investment plan, which proposes to fund projects through a mixture of loans and grants.
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Golden State played sloppy again, committing 18 turnovers, and had to survive major foul trouble for Draymond Green again. That's the thing about the Warriors: when they are on their game, it takes a near-perfect effort to beat them.
The looming Comey testimony has all but stalled Trump's legislative agenda, but the White House has tried to soldier on during what is will likely be a bruising week with a focus on infrastructure.
Trump has denied any collusion between Russian Federation and his campaign. A White House "signing ceremony" had the president sending a toothless letter to Congress. Since then, McConnell has said he looks forward to working with the administration to "protect and improve" infrastructure that "serve people and jobs across the country". She attended the Trump event with her sister and 12-year-old granddaughter, who wore a T-shirt that read "get on the Trump train" on the front and "build the wall" on the back.
At 7:44 a.m. Wednesday, Trump tweeted out his choice to replace Comey as Federal Bureau of Investigation director - Christopher A. Wray, a former assistant attorney general under former President George W. Bush.
Referring to the Ingram barges behind him, trump touted his other economic policies.
USA inland waterways are critical routes for transporting agricultural products, but officials say they've grown old and run down. AP writer Bruce Schreiner contributed to this report from Louisville, Kentucky.
"Not these ones that take 18 years", Trump added, an apparent reference to the Corps of Engineers' Olmsted Locks and Dam project on the Ohio River, at $3 billion the most expensive inland project ever. Shown are PlayCare co-owner Rays Whalen, left, and CSS Distribution Group President Dan Withrow and their families.
Wednesday's event, paired with Comey's upcoming testimony, is part of the dual screen reality the Trump White House is now operating in.
The Trump infrastructure push, meant to be at the very least a welcome political distraction in a scandal-dominated week, has become the latest example of the president's vanishing clout.
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