On May 3, 2023, Cleveland.com published an OpEd by two Ohio State Reps, Michele Grim and Sean Brennan, entitled “Small businesses, big investments --the case for a National Infrastructure Bank” (NIB). The OpEd comes one week after the two lawmakers filed a resolution in support of the NIB with 19 co-sponsors. 

The OpEd reads as follows:

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Our nation is facing the threat of a recession as well as a banking crisis. This trying state of affairs is the result of over 50 years of failed economic policies. We outsourced much of our manufacturing, which we have felt here in Ohio, while simultaneously failing to repair and replace our aging infrastructure. Instead of investing in our tangible economy, our nation increasingly turned to financial speculation in stocks, bonds, crypto currencies, and other dubious investments.

Read the rest of the OpEd here.