WASHINGTON _ Congressional Democratic leaders plan to tell President Donald Trump on Tuesday that any agreement to improve the nation's infrastructure must include funding to combat climate change.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer consider the effects of climate change among the greatest long-term challenges to the nation's infrastructure, and will urge explicit funding to address it in any future legislation.
Schumer, a New York Democrat, and Pelosi, a California Democrat, sent Trump a letter Monday saying that "a big and bold infrastructure package must be comprehensive and include clean energy and resiliency priorities."
