President Trump, Speaker Pelosi, Senate Minority Leader Schumer agree on goal of crafting $2 trillion infrastructure plan, talk rural broadband

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said that they had reached an agreement with President Donald Trump to try to craft a $2 trillion plan aimed at overhauling the nation’s ailing roads, bridges, waterways and other infrastructure, including broadband. Sen Schumer said that the bulk of the meeting focused on what kind of investments should be made. Besides spending on roads and bridges, there was agreement that money should be aimed at extending broadband in rural areas and inner cities, as well as improving power grids, Sen Schumer said. In a letter to President Trump in advance of the meeting, Speaker Pelosi and Sen Schumer also said any infrastructure bill must address “clean energy and resiliency priorities” and expand “beyond transportation and into broadband, water, energy, schools, housing and other initiatives.” They said they would meet again with President Trump in three weeks to talk about what is likely to be a more contentious issue: paying for the plan.