President Trump is hosting a meeting with local and state officials on infrastructure. He’s planning to announce a massive $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan Monday. Only $200 billion of the $1.5 trillion proposal would come from new federal funding. The White House would offset the new spending with unspecified cuts in other areas of the budget. The rest is expected to come from state and local governments and private investment.
He entered the State Dining Room to standing applause from participants. A number of administration officials, in addition to local officials, attended the meeting including Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, Chief of Staff John Kelly, economic adviser Gary Cohn and Ivanka Trump, the president’s daughter.
The president focused first on expressing frustration with Middle East spending and began speaking about boosting military spending.
“We going to get the roads in great shape,” he said eventually. “Washington no longer will be a roadblock to progress.”
CBS News’ Kathryn Watson contributed to this report.
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