Mar 5, 2009 8:23 pm US/Eastern
Biden In Miami Highlights Stimulus Projects
On Friday, The Vice President Will Meet With City Of Miami Police Officials
MIAMI (CBS4) ―
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Vice Pres. Biden at the Miami Intermodal Center, a major transportation site under construction east of Miami International Airport on March 5, 2009.
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Vice President Joe Biden in Miami on Thursday highlighted the administration's stimulus bill that the area will benefit from in its infrastructure projects. In Miami Beach, he spoke to the AFL-CIO, and then toured a soon-to-be built transportation hub at MIA, which he called the next "Grand Central Station of South Florida".
Earlier in the day, he addressed the AFL-CIO Executive Council meeting at the Fontainebleau Hotel. He was with newly appointed Labor Secretary Hilda Solis drumming up support for the stimulus package.
They described how it would give workers the option of unionizing by getting a majority of the workers to sign cards or a petition instead of holding secret ballot elections.
While he toured the Miami Intermodal Center, a transportation project funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, he was joined by Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Mayors Manny Diaz and Carlos Alvarez.
He said, "This project is about the future. One of the things we intended to do was not only save jobs and spur growth but lay down a platform for the 21st century. I congratulate the mayors for this project."
The Miami Intermodal Center construction site, located at 3845 NW 25th Street, is just one example of the hundreds of transportation construction projects across the country receiving funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to immediately improve our transportation infrastructure and to ensure that our transportation system is equipped for the 21st century - and to put people back to work.
The Miami Intermodal Center is a system that makes connections between all modes of transportation: airlines, transit buses, subways, commuter rail, intercity rail, airport shuttles, regional bus lines, and intercity bus service.
On Friday, Mr. Biden is scheduled to visit with city of Miami police officials.
The Recovery Act will invest more than $4 billion for state and local law enforcement and other criminal and juvenile justice activities. The Vice President will discuss funding in the Recovery Act specifically for Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program funds, which will help keep police officers on the street, protecting our communities and our families.
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