WASHINGTON — A Cummins executive was among a group of business and political leaders from both parties who joined President Joe Biden on the White House lawn Monday as he signed a $1 trillion infrastructure bill into law.
Cummins Inc. President and Chief Operating Officer Jennifer Rumsey was at the White House for the signing ceremony for the bill, though she said she did not have the chance to meet Biden or Vice President Kamala Harris.
Cummins, which is based in Columbus and employs about 8,000 in the area, has supported the bill, viewing it as an opportunity to help accelerate the path to decarbonization in the country and jump start the development and adoption of green hydrogen and other cleaner energy as companies, including Cummins, confront the challenges of climate change.
“There was a piece of this infrastructure bill that was focused on starting to build out an infrastructure that we think is key for decarbonization and our country,” Rumsey told The Republic following the event. “It includes substantial investment in hydrogen infrastructure and charging infrastructure and also recognition of the importance of low-carbon fuels. And when we think about the work ahead for our country and our world to really decarbonize some of these sectors, it requires the infrastructure to come together with the advancement in the technologies on the product side, and so we hope that this will be a catalyst towards driving that decarbonization path.”
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