Biden taps former New Orleans mayor to oversee implementation of massive infrastructure bill
CNN
President Joe Biden has selected former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu to oversee the implementation of the roughly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, the White House announced Sunday evening.
Landrieu's role underscores the substantial effort that officials say it will take to enact the massive piece of legislation, which is the first of its kind in decades. Biden and congressional Democrats hope to have some tangible benefit from the new law before next year's midterm elections but are mindful that the appearance of wasted money could sour the public on a package that, for now, remains widely popular.
Biden will sign the infrastructure bill Monday during a ceremony that will include members of Congress, governors and mayors from both parties.