Special Briefing: The $2.3 Trillion American Jobs Plan and State and Local Infrastructure Needs

The Volcker Alliance and Penn Institute for Urban Research hosted an online Special Briefing to discuss the impact of the Biden Administration’s infrastructure investment plan and fifteen-year financing strategy on states, counties, cities, schools, and employment. An expert panel reviewed the American Jobs Plan’s priorities and what is likely to emerge as Congress debates the massive proposal.  

The program wias cohosted by William Glasgall, Volcker Alliance senior vice president and director of state and local initiatives, and Susan Wachter, co-director of Penn IUR. Expert panelists included Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon); Marc Morial, president and CEO, National Urban League; Robert Poole, director of transportation policy and Searle Freedom Trust Transportation Fellow, Reason Foundation; Richard Ravitch, former New York State Lieutenant Governor; and Polly Trottenberg, US Deputy Transportation Secretary.  

This briefing was the twentieth in a series of sixty-minute online conversations featuring experts from the Volcker Alliance’s national research network and Penn IUR, along with other leading academics, economists, and federal, state, and local leaders.