Rep. Rob Woodall said he got the “shivers” when he heard President Trump promise Democratic leaders last month that he’ll come up with $2 trillion…
Rep. Rob Woodall said he got the “shivers” when he heard President Trump promise Democratic leaders last month that he’ll come up with $2 trillion to spend on infrastructure.
The Georgia Republican said he has no idea where that money’s going to come from amid a government already deep red ink.
“For Pete’s sakes, we have a budget today — well, the one the president proposed had about a trillion dollar, a trillion and one, deficit in it just for 2020,” he told The Washington Times. “So if $2 trillion is so easy to get a hold of, we should probably get a hold of it and fill the budget gaps that we have today.”
Still, Mr. Woodall, who sits on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, is optimistic that a deal can be done, as long as everyone keeps an open mind.
“There’s so many things that we agree on,” he said. “I just use this label that make my friends on the left get the shivers, and they use this label, which makes me get the shivers. But we’re saying the same thing, we’re just using labels that we each disagree with.”
In theory, infrastructure should be one of the easier lifts. Both sides generally agree it’s something the federal government has the power to do, and that it can pay dividends, if done right.
