Addressing America's Infrastructure Deficit

[Inuca]

http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/2011/06/addressing_amer/

Today from 9:30 am until about 12:30 pm, The Atlantic will be hosting a forum in the US Senate on the costs and opportunities of a national infrastructure bank.

The sessions follow after the extension -- and the meeting will stream live here. There are many deficits in America's current economic portfolio -- a large budget deficit, huge current account and trade deficits, a jobs deficit -- but there is also an infrastructure deficit that neither government measures nor the private markets seem able to address under current conditions.

Among those headlining today's program are Senators John Kerry, Kay Baily Hutchison and Mark Warner. Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro will also be speaking

I just saw this. I cannot follow, but maybe some of you can (and summarize later :-)). JK may have already spoken, I don't know.

[Inuca]

1. I just scrolled further down

in the link (posted first :blush:) and saw that JK is the keynote speaker and that he is scheduled to speak at 10:30 ET, i.e., NOW. Go watch!

[karynnj]

2. Nice article on the Build Act that covers that talk

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/united-states/build-act-holds-promise-of-rebuilding-america-57495.html