Letter to Congress to Cosponsor H.R.5356
Congressman/woman
Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Dear Congressman/woman and staff,
Hi, I am ……………………………and am a constituent. I am writing you to urge Congresswoman to cosponsor the National Infrastructure Bank Act (NIB) of 2025, H.R.5356. The bill has 33 sponsors and more are about to be added.
H.R.5356 would create a $5 trillion public bank to invest in infrastructure projects only. In the past four years the American Society of Civil Engineers reports that the infrastructure funding gap in the U.S. has grown 40% to nearly $4 trillion! The current Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will expire next year and there is no funding source to replace it. The government is running a $1-2 trillion annual deficit, and there is no plan to renew that law or cover the large infrastructure gap except H.R.5356.
There are many urgent needs including bridges, roads, broadband, truly affordable housing, schools, rail and high speed, and much more. The NIB can cover all of these and build a 21st Century infrastructure like the rest of the world. The NIB will create over 20 million new, Davis-Bacon wage jobs, and there are strong provisions for minority hiring and DBEs. It will require no new federal spending or federal taxes! It has been done before in US history, and built many long-lasting projects.
Support for the NIB is growing. In June, the National Federation of Democratic Women (NFDW) passed a resolution in support of the NIB at their national conference. In July, the National Association of Counties (NACo) passed a resolution of support at their Philadelphia conference. NACo represents 40,000 elected officials and 3,000 counties. In August, an excellent resolution passed the Democratic National Committee (DNC), meeting in Minneapolis, in support of the NIB! That means the DNC officially supports the NIB!
Other endorsements include: National Black Caucus of State Legislators, National Asian-Pacific American Caucus of State Legislators, National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators, Council of State Governments East. Many city and county councils have endorsed including: Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, New York State Association of Counties, Florida Association of Counties, and many more.
To be a cosponsor, please email Caleb Gilchrist in Congressman Davis's office. He is Deputy Chief of Staff and oversees the bill. caleb.gilchrist@mail.house.gov Please cc me.
Also, we are happy to arrange a Zoom meeting with you September 25-October 3 to brief you on the bill.
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