'Jobs of future' in focus as Biden visits Minnesota technical college
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[November 30, 2021]
By Andrea Shalal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe
Biden, racing to stay ahead of a new COVID-19 variant and rising
inflation, travels to Minnesota on Tuesday to highlight the benefits of
his $1-trillion infrastructure law and push for passage of a separate
$1.75-trillion spending measure.
Biden will visit Dakota County Technical College in Rosemount, a suburb
near Minneapolis and St. Paul, which has programs to train workers to
build, operate, and maintain infrastructure supported by the
infrastructure law.
He will focus on how the law will "deliver concrete results for
communities, create good-paying union jobs, and position America to
compete and win the 21st century," press secretary Jen Psaki told
reporters on Monday.
She said Dakota County Tech, which serves 2,900 credit students and
10,000 non-credit students, offered an example of institutions
nationwide that will train the next generation of workers and rebuild
America's infrastructure.
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The infrastructure law, coupled with $24 billion in investments in the
$1.75-trillion "Build Back Better" spending measure, will prepare
millions of workers for high-quality jobs in growing economic sectors,
the White House said.
Biden had pushed to include two years of free
community college in the massive spending package, but that funding was
cut in a compromise with moderate Democrats concerned about the bill's
steep price tag.
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It still includes $5 billion for community colleges to expand
workforce training programs in partnership with employers, unions,
public systems and community bodies, with $5 billion for large-scale
training for jobs in high-demand sectors such as clean energy,
manufacturing, education and caregiving.
Under the infrastructure law, Minnesota will receive $4.5 billion in
federal aid to rebuild highways, about $302 million for bridges, and
$818 million to improve public infrastructure, the White House said.
It will also fund expansion of a network to charge electric vehicles
and measures to give state residents access to high-speed internet.
(Reporting by Andrea Shalal; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)
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