Dear John,

Since I first got to Congress in 2013, I've been fighting to make a major investment in all the infrastructure that makes our country run -- not just roads and bridges, but also our airports, seaports, water systems, sewer systems and more. On Friday, I proudly voted to deliver these investments through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Now that it has passed both the House and the Senate, it goes to the president to be signed into law.

A few days before it passed the House, I spoke on the floor about how the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will create good-paying jobs in NEPA and across the U.S.

This once-in-a-century infrastructure bill will create good-paying jobs and make us more competitive with every other country in the world. For Northeastern Pennsylvania, this bill will make it possible for us to build a Scranton-NYC Amtrak line, rebuild the roads and bridges that have been falling apart, bring high-speed broadband internet to every rural area, reclaim and revitalize all of our abandoned mine lands and so much more.

After years of talk about passing an infrastructure bill, I’m proud to finally help deliver this investment in rebuilding and strengthening the foundations of our economy.

I believe the best way to grow our economy is creating more good-paying job opportunities for workers. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will create millions of shovel-ready jobs for sure, but we also need to take additional steps to help more people get back into the labor force and into the many skilled job openings we have available across NEPA. Last week, I participated in a roundtable discussion about how the plans we have been working on in Washington will enable us to do just that.

I talked about how we're working to invest in training programs that will prepare Pennsylvania’s workers for high-quality jobs in fast-growing sectors like public health, child care, manufacturing, IT and clean energy. Additionally, 20 public community colleges across our Commonwealth would have the opportunity to benefit from grants to develop and deliver innovative training programs and expand proven ones.

Northeastern Pennsylvania is the proud home of companies producing a wide range of things that make our country run, and they come here because our area’s working-class heritage makes the people who live here the hardest-working people around.

Passing this plan will help bring more people back into the labor force and into great jobs they can support a family on.

Last week, the open enrollment period for health coverage on Pennsylvania's exchanges began. Thanks to the American Rescue Plan Democrats passed this spring, nearly everyone can secure savings. In fact, four in 10 new shoppers spend $10 per month or less on coverage as a result of this law. See what you may qualify for at Pennie.com.

Be safe and well,