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Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi joins Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Mayor London Breed and local community leaders for a tour of the new Central Subway Muni Metro line between the Union Square and Chinatown Stations. Pelosi discussed the importance of investing in projects like the Central Subway, for which Pelosi has secured over $1 billion in federal funding.

For years, America's crumbling roads, bridges and other vital infrastructure have consistently received a grade of C- or lower from the American Society of Civil Engineers. House Democrats took bold action to address this crisis – fighting to rebuild our communities while transforming our middle class. Last year, we enacted the landmark Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to create millions of good-paying union jobs, reduce dangerous pollution, slash commute times and pave the path to a more prosperous future for working families.

Guided by President Biden's vision, House Democrats have placed justice and equity at the heart of our agenda For The People. The Infrastructure Law includes game-changing investments to elevate the needs of underserved communities: reconnecting neighborhoods divided by infrastructure projects of the past, combating climate change, cleaning up legacy pollution, getting lead out of our children's drinking water and expanding access to fast, reliable internet.

This once-in-a-century legislation delivered vital resources for California, including $28.2 billion to improve our highways and bridges, $10.3 billion to increase public transit options, $3.5 billion for cleaner, safer water infrastructure, $384 million for electric vehicle charging stations and major investments to protect against wildfires and bolster broadband access. San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge will also soon receive $400 million from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to help ensure that this iconic landmark continues to safely and reliably serve our region for many years to come.

Since my earliest days in Congress, I have fought for the federal funding San Francisco needs to strengthen our essential infrastructure, bring our community closer together and build a more equitable City for all of our neighbors. These efforts have been instrumental in building the transportation systems that we need to thrive, including $65 million to extend BART to the San Francisco International Airport, $1.2 billion to strengthen BART's Transbay Core Capacity initiative, $340 million to construct the T-Third Light Rail, $639 million to build the Central Subway, $297 million to develop the Presidio Parkway, $125 million to install a suicide prevention barrier on the Golden Gate Bridge and $647 million to electrify Caltrain.

As the COVID-19 pandemic decimated transit revenues and ridership in San Francisco, it was my honor to secure more than $4 billion in emergency assistance to Bay Area transit providers through COVID-19 relief legislation and President Biden's American Rescue Plan. This action protected thousands of transit jobs from furloughs and layoffs, while preserving vital transit service for our frontline workers.