Biden Taps Former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu As Infrastructure Czar
The White House announced that President Joe Biden has nominated Mitch Landrieu, a former Louisiana Democratic lieutenant governor and New Orleans mayor, to lead the implementation of the $1 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that was passed by Congress last week and will be signed into law by Biden on Monday. “In this role, Landrieu will oversee the most significant and comprehensive investments in American infrastructure in generations — work that independent experts verify will create millions of high-paying, union jobs while boosting our economic competitiveness in the world, ...