📋 Tender Overview
Atlanta Speaker Nancy Pelosi joined Congresswoman Nikema Williams for a press conference following a roundtable discussion on Atlanta history and the Inflation Reduction Act. Below are the Speakers remarksSpeaker Pelosi. Thank you very much Congresswoman. Youve talked about Its never too late. Since youre talking about time Ill talk about time as well. Every now and then in time circumstances come together which produce such a positive result that is transformative For The People for the society for the community. That happens to be right now with Congresswoman Nikema Williams in the Congress with her knowledge and dedication to connecting the community with the legislation that was passed not just one bill but several bills to make connecting the community possible. And with a President President Joe Biden who has a commitment to equity and justice and diversity and inclusiveness. All of this coming together now bodes well for the the goal that the Congresswoman spelled out.When we passed the Infrastructure bill people said Is this going to be more of the same Building things that divide communities We promised that it would not in fact that it would connect communities. And in the bill there is a Reconnecting Communities Pilot program a billion dollars to take us down that path. That was not enough. And in the Infrastructure excuse me the Inflation Reduction Act legislation that was just passed and signed by the President we have 3 billion more for Neighborhood Access and Equity Grants. This is not all that we need but its a running start on it. And it is part of something so much bigger 370 billion to save the planet. The air our children breathe the water they drink but thats very connected to the roads that go through their neighborhoods.Reverend Foster was telling me that this is one of the busiest busiest roads that was built that separated communities. Its so busy that it has caused higher rates of asthma in the community. So its not just about the infrastructure piece its about the clean air clean water piece. There are many pockets we can put our hands into.For Georgia which is a state that has many small businesses thats one place we can invest in. When theyre talking about electric cars electric vehicles thats something thats happening here. Thats another place that we can capitalize on. Whether were talking about the workforce and were talking about the beautiful diversity of the workforce here and how we want more women to be making these decisions having these jobs owning equity in these companies.So the work the personnel are here the purpose is clear. The opportunity exists in this legislation and theres nothing there is nothing that adds more to the pot than to have a good example of how to get things done. So applying for a pilot program with a big picture at hand showing this to the Cabinet different aspects of the Presidents Cabinet so that he is aware and telling him about this. This is his what he set out to do. This is the judgment we will make as to whether we have succeeded. And this community is a place that has the unity of community the intellectual resources the sense of community and that word has the word unity in it. Community has the word unity in it. And thats why the Reconnecting Communities pilot is so important to all of us.
