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Med City Mayor Kim Norton joined the White House and leaders from the Twin Cities Wednesday, highlighting how President Biden's Build Back Better framework could help the North Star State.
The President's revised BBB plan is about half the size of his original proposal, trimmed down after months of negotiations with members of Congress. But with a $1.75 trillion price tag, the framework certainly still packs a punch according to the White House, and Mayor Norton agrees.
"The President's Build Back Better and infrastructure bills are what this country needs, what families and cities desperately need," Mayor Norton said during the joint briefing.
The BBB's over $550 million commitment to combatting climate change is pivotal, Mayor Norton believes, to Rochester meeting its promise of a complete transition to renewable energy by 2030.
"We are moving toward a district energy program in town that needs the support from the federal level.
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