Despite warnings from the architect of the Capitol about a dire need to renovate the Rayburn House Office Building, lawmakers say they still aren’t fully sold on the project, which could last until 2045 and cost $9 billion.
Even as AOC Thomas Austin argues that delays would only come with more dangers and heftier costs, it’s a tough case to make to lawmakers. How do you get enough people to sign off on spending so much money, when most won’t even be around to see it completed?
