Sanchez noted that 44,000 bridges in the United States are currently in poor condition and questioned why the federal government isn't focusing on them first.
“Some skeptics might say that it’s because most of the money that we could spend on fixing these roads and bridges and schools is going to places like Ukraine, I guess, to fix their bridges.” . While we're on the subject of Ukraine, listen up: Politico reports that Congress just approved another $300 million in military aid for Ukraine, the first additional funding in more than a year. But here’s what’s curious: as it turns out, this money has already been spent,” he said.
On the evening of March 27, the US Department of Transportation confirmed the death of six people due to a bridge collapse in Baltimore.
The Washington Post later wrote that the remains of two people were found in the Patapsco River near the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore.