Biden is scheduled to participate in events in Washington on Thursday and Friday to commemorate the late Kansas Republican. The bridge’s namesake, a standout for the old Kansas City Monarchs, was announced Sunday as a 2022 Baseball Hall of Fame inductee by the hall’s Early Baseball Era Committee.īiden referenced O’Neil after commenting briefly on former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, who died on Sunday. Jean-Pierre also mentioned the effort to replace the Buck O’Neil Bridge, which opened in 1956. “It will also help Kansas City’s ambitious ‘zero fare, zero emissions’ plan to reduce pollution and increase opportunity by providing free public transit and transitioning its bus fleet to electric buses,” she said. Karine Jean-Pierre, the White House principal deputy press secretary, told reporters Wednesday aboard Air Force One that the new law would help fund major projects on both sides of the Missouri River, including a new terminal at Kansas City International Airport.

He also promoted the launch of, which links to a new White House website about the infrastructure law. “Our Building a Better America tour is going to give us a chance to meet people where they work … and hear what the communities that they live in, what they need - to hear firsthand and showcase our bipartisan infrastructure law, which has changed their lives for the better and came about because we worked together,” Biden said after touring a Kansas City Area Transportation Authority facility.

President Joe Biden traveled Wednesday to the Kansas City area to kick off a newly branded tour to promote the bipartisan infrastructure law.

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