H.R.5356
COSPONSORS
RECENT
Congressional Briefing:
National Infrastructure Bank Act, H.R.5356
May 19, 2026
Speakers:
Congressman Danny K. Davis (D-IL-07), House Ways and Means, Chicago, IL
Congressman Gabe Vasquez (D-NM-02), House Committee on Agriculture, Las Cruces, NM
Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury (D-NM-01), House Committee on Natural Resources, House Committee on Oversight, Ranking member on DOGE Subcommittee, Albuquerque, NM
Congressman Jesus “Chuy” Garcia (D-IL-4), House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Chicago, IL
Alphecca Muttardy, former Senior Economist, International Monetary Fund, Lead Economist H.R.5356 National Infrastructure Bank, Fairfax, VA
Dr. Bryan Kennedy, PH.D., Mayor of Glendale, Vice-Chair, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, and National President Democratic Municipal Officials (DMO), Glendale, WI
Brian Sullivan, Treasurer, Snohomish County, Vice-Chair, the National Association of Counties Transportation Committee (NACo), Mukilteo, WA
Mayor Lacey Beaty, Beaverton, Advisory Board, US Conference of Mayors, Beaverton, OR
Rep. Pamelya Herndon, Esq., New Mexico House of Representatives, Chair, Albuquerque Branch NAACP, Albuquerque, NM
Dr. Chao Wu, Ph.D., Maryland House of Delegates, Howard County Board of Education, Columbia, MD
Susie Shannon, Policy Director, Housing is a Human Right, Housing Advocate for Low-Income Communities, Chair, DNC Poverty Council, Los Angeles, CA
Grant Welch, Political/Legislative Director, Communication Workers of America North Carolina, Vice-Pres. NC AFL-CIO, Sanford, NC
Justin Shore, President, Clearwater City Council, Member, Sedgwick County Extension Executive Board, Clearwater, KS
Virginia Ballou, Gini Ballou, Western Regional Director, National Federation of Democratic Women, former Chair, Planning & Zoning Commission of Hailey, ID, Boise, ID
Moderator: Hon. Randolph Voller, former Mayor of Pittsboro, President, Orange/Chatham Counties Association of Realtors, Pittsboro, NC
A Bold Plan to End the Western Water Crisis
NIB Zoom April 16 Seminar
Speakers:
Alphecca Muttardy, former Senior Economist, International Monetary, Fairfax, VA
Donald Siefkes, MIT, B.S., Chemical Engineering; University of Michigan, MBA; former Executive,
General Motors Design, San Leandro, CA
James Sved, Award-winning Architectural Preservationist, University Lecturer, Malibu, CA
Moderator: Brian Sullivan, Treasurer, Snohomish County, WA; Vice-Chair, National Association of
Counties Transportation Steering Committee, Mukilteo, WA
POLICY
The 50-Year Decline and Fall of the American Economy, and the Path Forward
Speakers:
Alphecca Muttardy, former Senior Economist, International Monetary Fund, Fairfax, VA
Robert Kuttner, Brandeis University professor of social policy, and Co-editor of The American Prospect, Boston, MA
Alan Minsky, Executive Director, Progressive Democrats of America, Los Angeles, CA
Ellen Brown, Esq., author and Founder, Public Banking Institute, Los Angeles, CA
Honorable Randolph Voller, former Mayor Pittsboro, NC; former Chair North Carolina Democratic Party, Pittsboro, NC
Moderator: Jack Hanna,
former Treasurer and Chair Pennsylvania Democratic Party, Indiana, PA
Renew President Franklin Roosevelt’s
Triumphant National Infrastructure Bank
Speakers:
Steven Fenberg has written extensively about the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Fenberg is the executive producer of the Emmy Award-winning documentary “Brother, Can You Spare a Billion,” narrated by Walter Cronkite and broadcast nationally on PBS. He is also the author of “Unprecedented Power: Jesse Jones, Capitalism and the Common Good,” a comprehensive, award-winning examination of the RFC.
Alphecca Muttardy is a former International Monetary Fund Senior Economist, and is the chief economic advisor of the Coalition for a National Infrastructure Bank (NIB). She has given expert testimony in dozens of state legislatures and city and county councils across the nation on the NIB.
OVERVIEW
$5 Trillion National Infrastructure Bank
Will Lend for Projects Across the Country
Money for Projects
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ECONOMISTS
Making the Case for the Bank
Dr. Nomi Prins, Ph.D., author and former Managing Director
Goldman Sachs, Los Angeles, CA
Philip Harvey, Professor Rutgers Law (ret.), Camden, NJ
LEGISLATORS
PROJECTS
Creating a 21st Century USA
May 18, 2023
POWERPOINT
$5 Trillion National Infrastructure Bank
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The above PowerPoint was developed, and is regularly updated, by macroeconomist Alphecca Muttardy. The PowerPoint lays out the scope of the $5 trillion National Infrastructure Bank (NIB), which creates 25 million new, high-paying jobs. This PowerPoint provides the tools to promote the NIB as the only viable funding option for the country’s urgently needed infrastructure. To advance to the next slide, hover and click the arrow.
What's in It for the States
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