Sen. Van Hollen: ‘The Federal Government Will Cover the Total Cost of Clearing the Channel’

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VAN HOLLEN: “And to the Army Corps of Engineer and the Navy and the others who are being deployed to do this job. I want to thank you. And again, thank you to the Biden-Harris Administration because the federal government will cover the total cost of clearing the channel so that we can get those ships moving again and get the port open. On rebuilding the bridge, again, Governor, thank you and your team for such fast work and thank you to President Biden and his team for such fast action. $60 million has already been made available on a quick basis, to make sure that we can address the impact on surrounding traffic patterns from the fact that the bridge has collapsed, and then Maryland has also been deemed eligible. They’ve been accepted into the emergency program at the federal level.”