Rep. Dan Meuser, R-Pa., slammed President Joe Biden on Thursday for promising that the federal government will pay to replace the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, which collapsed on Tuesday after one of its supports was struck by a cargo ship.

“It’s my intention that the federal government will pay for the entire cost of reconstructing that bridge and I expect the Congress to support my effort,” Biden said Tuesday.

The Key Bridge collapse shut down the Port of Baltimore and severed Interstate 695, in addition to creating chaos along the Eastern seaboard as shipping companies and port officials scramble to reroute Baltimore-bound shipments.

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