MILWAUKEE (AP) — President Joe Biden toured a Black-owned plumbing company that’s replacing lead pipes, a nationwide initiative that’s been supported by his administration with billions of dollars, during his visit to the battleground state of Wisconsin on Wednesday.
“We appreciate your service to the country,” Rashawn Spivey, head of Hero Plumbing, told Biden.
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