New Video: Over August Recess, Local News Highlights Democrats’ Agenda Of Job Creation, Infrastructure Investments, Tax Cuts & Lower Health Care Costs

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During the August recess, Senate Democrats’ agenda of creating jobs, investing in infrastructure, cutting taxes for families, and lowering health care costs dominated local coverage in key Senate battlegrounds. Senators Cortez Masto, Hassan, Kelly and Warnock barnstormed their states highlighting how President Biden and Democrats are delivering results and building back better for the American people — no thanks to Republicans.

New Video: During Recess Local News Highlights How Senate Democrats Are Delivering For Americans

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• AZ – KOLD: Infrastructure bill brings billions to Arizona, Tucson. “Just a day after the US Senate passed the $1 Trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, Sen. Mark Kelly was home in Tucson touting its success and the value to the region.”

• AZ – Gila Herald: Senator Mark Kelly tours Graham and Greenlee counties. “On his agenda was to inform about his support for a bipartisan infrastructure deal and how the bill will assist those in rural Arizona with a variety of issues, including water conservation, utilities, and high-speed internet.”

• AZ – Eastern Arizona Courier: Senator Kelly visits Graham and Greenlee counties. “Senator Mark Kelly visited both Graham and Greenlee counties on Tuesday, taking time to talk to local ranchers, farmers, elected officials and businesses about the more than a trillion dollar federal infrastructure bill.”

• GA – Stars and Stripes: Infrastructure Bill Contains Highway Expansion to Connect 12 Military Bases in Five Southern States. “‘This planned route would connect military installations across Georgia and drive economic opportunities to our rural communities,’ Warnock said.”

• GA – WRDW: Warnock comes to Augusta to promote infrastructure plan. “The Democratic senator is traveling across the Peach State on his “Jobs for Georgia” tour to highlight local impacts of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.”

• GA – WJBF: U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock updates Augusta’s public transportation leaders on $1 trillion dollar infrastructure bill. “Senator Raphael Warnock was in Augusta Friday talking infrastructure. He toured the city to get an up-close look at some areas that would benefit from the infrastructure bill he helped push through the senate.”

• GA – WTOC: Sen. Warnock talks impact of infrastructure bill on Georgia. “A state that will see positive benefits from the nearly $1 trillion infrastructure bill, according to Sen. Warnock.”

• GA – AJC: US Sen. Raphael Warnock hears from Latino business owners. “Warnock hyped the federal $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure deal for its potential to connect residents with small businesses like the ones in Plazas Las Americas.”

• GA – All On Georgia: Bipartisan Provision Led By Senators Warnock and Cruz to Create High Priority Corridor Linking Key Georgia Military Communities Included in Senate-Passed Jobs and Infrastructure Bill. “U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) highlighted passage of his provision in the bipartisan jobs and infrastructure bill that will help connect key Georgia military installations and surrounding base communities, as well as help provide growth and economic opportunities to rural communities from Texas to Georgia.” 

• GA – WRBL: Senator Warnock spoke with individuals about Child Tax Credit. “Eight individuals met with Senator Warnock this morning to tell him how helpful the Child Tax Credit has been. The credit is part of the American Rescue Plan. According to Senator Warnock, the tax credit will help 45,000 children in the Columbus area and will help 2.2 million children overall and cut poverty by 46 percent.”

• GA – The Ledger Enquirer: Expanded child tax credit makes ‘huge difference,’ parents tell Sen. Warnock in Columbus. “Cannon-Tillman was among a handful of parents who told U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) about the importance of the expanded child tax credit during a round table discussion in Columbus Tuesday.”

• GA – Saporta Report: Reporter’s Notebook: Sen. Warnock speaks to Atlanta Rotary. “He spent most of his time talking about the bipartisan infrastructure legislation, which he said would be “transformational” on the state’s roads, bridges and public transportation systems…And Warnock also made a case for the human infrastructure bill, which would increase funding for healthcare and social needs.”

• GA – AJC: ‘Help is here.’ Democrats tout start of child tax credit payments in Georgia. “Democrats are launching a barrage of ads in Georgia and other battleground states to highlight the monthly payments for most American families with children that will land in bank accounts starting Thursday.”

• GA – WSAV: Expanded child tax credit payments begin Thursday, Georgia lawmaker says it’s due to Democrats. “Williams made a point to say that new Democratic Georgia Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock were instrumental votes in getting the expanded tax credit passed. She also called out Georgia’s Republican representatives who did not vote for the measure.”

• GA – Atlanta Voice: Senators Ossoff and Warnock celebrate as Child Tax Credits head to parents’ bank accounts. “‘Today is a big day for countless families across our state and throughout our nation. This tax cut for our working families will be a game changer, lifting over 160,000 children in Georgia out of poverty,’ said Sen. Rev. Warnock. ‘I am proud to have helped secure this win for Georgia families alongside Sen. Ossoff, and I will continue working to make this tax cut permanent to help ensure future generations of Georgians thrive.’”

• GA – WSAV: Sen. Warnock calls child tax credit ‘a game-changer’ as payments begin. “‘This tax credit for Georgia families is a game-changer,’ said Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.).

• GA – Georgia Recorder: Democrats rush to take credit as federal child tax stipends set to arrive. “‘I want to emphasize, again, that none of this would have been possible without the votes of Sens. Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock,’ Williams said. ‘If Herschel Walker, Kelly Loeffler or any of the other people that they have on the GOP Senate candidate side challenging Sen. Warnock had their way, y’all, Georgia families wouldn’t be receiving these life-changing tax cuts. The child poverty rate in America wouldn’t be getting cut in half. That’s why we need to keep Raphael Warnock in the U.S. Senate next year, maintain Democratic majorities in the US House and Senate and elect new Democratic leadership for Georgia.’”

• GA – WFXG: Sen. Raphael Warnock to discuss federal jobs, infrastructure investments in Augusta. “Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock is visiting Augusta to highlight federal jobs and infrastructure investments coming from the recently-passed, bipartisan infrastructure package as a part of his “Jobs for Georgia” tour. According to officials, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is set to bring historic repairs and revitalization to Georgia’s infrastructure and grow and support countless jobs in every corner of the state.”

• NV – KOLO: Senator Cortez Masto says infrastructure bill will impact Nevadans’ lives. “Today Nevada U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto came to the Northern Nevada Electrical Training Center to learn…how this program and others can benefit from the 1 Trillion Dollar infrastructure bill.”

• NV – AP: Cortez Masto lauds infrastructure bill’s clean energy boost. “Cortez Masto said infrastructure investments, tax credits for renewable energy projects and incentives to site solar and wind projects on former mines would create jobs and protect the environment for future generations.”

• NV – Las Vegas Review Journal: Cortez Masto: Infrastructure bill will bring jobs, growth. “‘I think if you’re against this bipartisan infrastructure package then you’re against new jobs for Nevada and economic growth in Nevada,’ Cortez Masto said…’People in Nevada know who I am…. This is about how we work together in a bipartisan way to find solutions that are important for our families in our businesses here in this state, particularly as we come out of a pandemic that just devastated our economy.’”

• NV – Las Vegas Review Journal: Cortez Masto hopes to steer Nevada’s transportation into the future. “After taking a ride in a self-driving BMW, Cortez Masto said it was the type of operation she had in mind when pushing for several funding mechanisms tied to the bipartisan infrastructure bill approved by the Senate.”

• NV – Northern Nevada Business Weekly: In Reno visit, Cortez Masto touts infrastructure bill to business leaders. “Cortez Masto said the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package…will advance efforts to grow the clean energy sector in Nevada and nationwide. Cortez Masto noted she helped the state secure $6 billion for a battery manufacturing and recycling grant program and $4 billion in electric vehicle charging grant funding.”

• NV – Tahoe Daily Tribune: Nevada senator holds transportation roundtable with Tahoe stakeholders. “‘There’s great things in it for the State of Nevada and those projects, the money that’s coming into the state have been informed by all of you,’ Senator Cortez Masto said to the stakeholders.The senator then went on to hear from the stakeholders about the various projects in the works, the main issues plaguing the basin and concerns about addressing those issues.”

• NV – Nevada Independent: Indy DC Download: Senate Democrats lay the groundwork to pass $3.5 trillion soft infrastructure spending package. “Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), a member of the tax panel, said she believes the legislation could be historic and help boost] middle class as the economy recovers from the pandemic. ‘It will be, if we get it right…the biggest tax cut in a generation,’ Cortez Masto said in a brief interview Tuesday.”

• NH – Seacoast Current: Hassan Shows How NH Benefits From Infrastructure Bill. “US Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., visited the Hampton Wastewater Treatment Plant on Friday, one of the facilities she says will benefit from the federal infrastructure bill being negotiated in Congress.”

• NH – Reuters: U.S. Democrats ride trains, buses to spotlight spending push. “After visiting a wastewater treatment plant on Friday, New Hampshire Senator Maggie Hassan said the infrastructure bill would clean up toxic perfluoroalkyl chemicals and ‘help bring peace of mind to parents who should not have to worry about whether the water flowing from their tap is safe for their children.’”

• NH – Portsmouth Herald: ‘Game-changer’: Sen. Hassan touts infrastructure bill and how it could help Hampton. “The bipartisan infrastructure bill increases funding for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund, which will help provide needed financial assistance to towns like Hampton that are upgrading their water systems.”

• NH – Eagle Times: Hassan stresses need for additional infrastructure funds in Claremont visit. “Housing, road and bridge maintenance, workforce development, and broadband were among the infrastructure topics prioritized by city officials and local legislators during an afternoon conversation with Hassan, who visited Claremont to tour the city’s revitalization of historic Pleasant Street, which will upgrade the downtown’s aging water, sewer, and drainage system and rebuild the street level to accommodate greater pedestrian traffic, outdoor dining, seating, and public gatherings.”

• NH – Union Leader: NH coastal communities may benefit from infusion of federal funds. “A group led by Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) used the backdrop of Route 1A near Odiorne State Park Wednesday overlooking the Atlantic Ocean in Rye to call attention to the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill that passed in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, and now goes to the House. The measure includes nearly $1 billion for two existing federal programs aimed at protecting coastal communities from hazards like erosion and flooding.”

• NH – Eagle Times: At Manchester roundtable, Hassan warns of growing threats. “If the bipartisan infrastructure package currently under consideration in the U.S. House becomes law, it will mean at least $10 million over four years will be headed to New Hampshire to beef up state and local cybersecurity initiatives, U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan said at an Aug. 23 roundtable at the University of New Hampshire-Manchester.”

• NH – Eagle Times: Hassan visits Salem, talks infrastructure. “Hassan during the visit highlighted her involvement in bipartisan legislation passed through the Senate intended to provide historic investments to repair and modernize the country’s transportation infrastructure.”

• NH – Conway Daily Sun: Hassan discusses benefits of child tax credit. “U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan recently hosted a discussion on a series of monthly payments under the expanded Child Tax Credit that are expected to begin reaching families today.”

• NH – Eagle Times (Opinion): Sen. Maggie Hassan: Building bridges across party lines and in New Hampshire. “Granite Staters know that an investment in roads, bridges, and high-speed internet access is a direct investment in our families and our economy. And this week, we took a major step forward in doing exactly that by passing a once-in-a-generation infrastructure package. It’s the type of investment in America’s future that doesn’t happen often, one that will rebuild our state and our country as a whole.” 

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