Biden heads to storm-damaged New York and New Jersey amid infrastructure push

Washington — President Biden is traveling to New York and New Jersey on Tuesday to survey damage from Hurricane Ida, which produced deadly flash flooding in the Northeast as the storm tore through the region last week.

Mr. Biden's visit to the two states comes against the backdrop of his administration's broader legislative push to revitalize the nation's infrastructure through a pair of spending packages. The president told reporters before leaving the White House that he is "hoping to see the things that we're going to be able to fix permanently with the bill that we have in for infrastructure." Congress has spent the past few months crafting a pair of proposals from Mr. Biden that together make up major portions of his domestic policy agenda, a $1 trillion bipartisan bill focusing on physical infrastructure and a second broader $3.5 trillion package that would encompass Democrats' plans for education, health care, child and elder care and the environment.