President Biden makes his first trip to Minnesota since he won election to the White House.
Tuesday's visit is in Rosemount, at Dakota County Technical College, which has programs that train workers on building, maintaining and operating infrastructure.
All that is supported by the president's $1.2 trillion infrastructure plan that was passed by congress and signed into law this month.
Minnesota is expected to receive $4.5 billion federal dollars from that package for roads, transportation, airports, water projects, and high-speed internet.
Gov. Walz is among the dignitaries attending the president's visit.
"The planning has been intense," said college president Michael Berndt, talking with Adam Carter on the WCCO Morning News. "We learned about the president's visit, really, Friday morning, and since then we've been working all the way through the weekend."
The college has programs that train workers on building, maintaining and operating infrastructure supported by the president's infrastructure plan.
"The opportunity to tell our story, we hope to let the public know of what we do," Berndt said. "And we've been doing this great work for fifty years. We want to be critical partners in the work that we can do to rebuild our infrastructure."
Rosemount is in Minnesota's second congressional district, where Democratic Rep. Angie Craig is running for re-election.
Some Republicans are suggesting that Biden's trip shows that Craig is in trouble.
"I just do my thing and do what I think is the right thing for the voters who sent me to Washington, and I let the politics take care of themselves every couple of years," was Craig's reaction during her appearance Tuesday morning on WCCO.
In 2018, Craig unseated GOP Congressman Jason Lewis, gaining 52.6 percent of the vote.