Third stimulus check update: Biden challenges critics of $1.9T spending plan that includes $1,400 payments. What should I cut?
Updated Feb 21, 2021;
Posted Feb 20, 2021
President Joe Biden speaks after touring the Pfizer global supply plant in Portage, Michigan, on Feb. 19, 2021. Joel Bissell | MLive.com
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President Joe Biden on Friday defended the $1.9 trillion price tag of his coronavirus stimulus bill, challenging opponents, “What would they have me cut?”
Speaking at a Pfizer manufacturing plant in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Biden said the size of the bill matched the size of the need.
“Critics say my plan is too big, that it costs $1.9 trillion,” Biden said. “So that’s too much. Well, let me ask them: What would they have me cut? What would they have me leave out?”
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