Media Advisory: Today Norton, Secretaries Walsh, Buttigieg; Mayor Bowser, House Majority Leader Hoyer to discuss American Jobs Plan, Tour DC Construction Project

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Wednesday May 19, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, Mayor Muriel Bowser of the District of Columbia, and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer will visit the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge construction site in southeast Washington, D.C. The officials will offer remarks about the American Jobs Plan, its creation of millions of good-paying jobs and the importance of replacing the nation's infrastructure.

In addition to remarks, the officials will tour the site and talk with laborers about the critical infrastructure project to build a new span over the Anacostia River. Laborers' International Union of North America General President Terry O'Sullivan and other stakeholders will also be on-hand.

The project will modernize the outdated 70-year-old infrastructure, making the crossing safer for cars and pedestrians, increasing community access and supporting economic development on both sides of the river.

WHO:U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg

Mayor Muriel Bowser, District of Columbia

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer

U.S. Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton

Laborers' International Union of North America General President Terry O'Sullivan

WHAT: Remarks, tour of the construction site, meet with workers

WHEN: Wednesday, May 19, 2021

11 a.m. EDT

This event is pooled press only. To receive pool updates, email Pressoffice@dot.gov. A livestream will also be available at mayor.dc.gov/live.