(D-Ohio) is touring the state to build support for a the multi-trillion dollar that's working its way through Congress.
Brown says Ohio would get nearly $12 billion in the current infrastructure plan which started as a bipartisan proposal among senators, including (R-Ohio).
Brown says he and Portman have included a that puts requirements on money spent in the plan.
"Water, sewer, highways, bridges, broadband, school buildings, all the apartment buildings, all the things that tax dollars pay for should be by America and that will create jobs too," Brown said.
The fate of the infrastructure bill remains up in the air as former President Donald Trump has called on Congressional Republicans to vote against it.
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