Capital is the keystone: Harnessing global investment to build Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania has always matched industrial muscle with financial clout, and nowhere is that union clearer than in Pittsburgh, where steel mills rose alongside powerhouse financial institutions like Mellon and PNC. Today the same dynamic is accelerating statewide and in my district. Surging global demand for LNG and coal, the explosion of energy-hungry data-center campuses, and renewed interest—both foreign and domestic—in legacy industries such as steel are all chasing reliable transport and logistics. That convergence of capital and commerce proves that when private financing is aligned with public infrastructure goals, patient money will flow and prosperity will follow.