President Joe Biden made his first west coast visit as commander-in-chief this week, talking infrastructure and attending a fundraiser in Portland on April 21 before heading to Seattle to celebrate Earth Day on April 22.
The president’s visit began with a speech at the Portland Air National Guard Base hangar at Portland International Airport, where he highlighted the $1.2 trillion infrastructure plan he signed into law on Nov. 15 and described how it impacts an ongoing project to make PIA runways more earthquake resilient.
“We’ve allowed our airports to lag far behind our competitors,” Biden stated. “Our airports are now ranked 13th in the world. But now we’re going to invest in ourselves and lead the world again.”
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