Senator discussed with Cochise County leaders what her bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act would deliver for the region
SIERRA VISTA – Arizona’s senior U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema hosted a roundtable discussion this past week with local leaders in Cochise County to discuss her bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act—which recently passed the U.S. Senate 69-30—and would provide historic investments to upgrade Cochise County’s roads, broadband access, power supply, water systems, and airports—boosting jobs and expanding economic opportunity in the region.
“Communities in Cochise County will directly benefit from our bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which will invest in projects to repair roads, expand broadband access, upgrade local airports, and strengthen water systems and power grids—creating good-paying jobs and boosting the region’s economy. Our roundtable discussion highlighted Cochise County’s needs and the ways our bipartisan infrastructure legislation would address many of the issues that face Arizona’s everyday families,” said Sinema.
The Sinema-led bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act would direct $25 billion to make critical repairs and upgrades – including significant investments to Cochise County airports over the next five years:
- $790,000 to Benson Municipal Airport
- $790,000 to Bisbee Municipal Airport
- $790,000 to Sierra Vista Municipal Airport
- $790,000 to Cochise County Airport
- $550,000 to Bisbee Douglas International Airport
Sinema demonstrated how her historic legislation directly invests in Cochise County jobs by investing in critical upgrades to local roads and bridges, high-speed broadband access, crucial water systems, power grids, airports, and more. Roundtable participants included: Sierra Vista Mayor Mueller, Benson Mayor Konrad, Douglas Mayor Huish, Willcox Mayor Laws, Supervisor Ann English, Fort Huachuca 50 President Michael W. Boardman
The bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (full text available HERE) proposes the strongest investment in America’s critical infrastructure in more than a century without raising taxes on everyday Americans.
The legislation is the result of bipartisan negotiations led by U.S. Senators Kyrsten Sinema and Rob Portman (Ohio), with Senators from both parties and President Biden.
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