Tom Carper

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is warning that the country's infrastructure needs exceed $1 trillion and that other countries, namely China, are pulling ahead of the U.S. with their public works investments, a scenario he describes as “a threat to our collective future." read more >

The University of Pennsylvania’s Penn Wharton Budget Model has sown doubt over a federal infrastructure plan that calls for 1.5 trillion in new infrastructure investment. read more >