Hey there, it's Sarah McCammon.

Today on the podcast, something special from our friend Scott Detro for Independence

Dick.

His reporting from the Consider this podcast on Biden Advisor Mitch Landrugh.

Here's Scott.

When President Biden delivered his state of the Union address this winter, the big emotional

thrust of the speech was a law he had signed more than a year earlier.

Projects are going to put thousands of people to work rebuilding our highways, our bridges,

our railroads, our tunnels, ports, airports, clean water, high speed internet, all across

America.

The By Partisan Infrastructure Act, a $1.2 trillion dollar law that achieved two major

promises of Biden's campaign for the White House, that he would put federal money into

rebuilding the country, and that he could get Republicans and Democrats to actually work

together and pass major legislation.

I remember Republican friends who voted against it as well, but I'm still, I still get

asked to fund the projects in those districts as well, but don't worry.

I promised I'd be a president for all Americans.

We'll fund these projects, and I'll see you at the groundbreaking.

This is the year that a lot of the money starts flowing to states and local governments,

225 billion of it so far.

And if Biden wants voters to think about him as a president who got major life-changing

projects passed and built before next year's election, this is the year the act needs to

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