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Isnt what were seeing today, we will remain vigilant about any response that is needed. as i made clear to chairman powell of the federal reserve when we met recently, the fed is independent. it should take whatever steps it deems necessary to support a strong, durable, economic recovery. but whatever different views some might have on current price increases, we should be united in one thing, passage of the bipartisan infrastructure framework that we shook hands on. we shook hands on. and my bu...

About any response as needed. as i made clear to chairman powell of the federal reserve, when we met recently, the fed is independent. it should take whatever steps it t deems necessary for a strong economic recovery. we should be united in one thing. passage of the bipartisan infrastructure framework which we shook hands on. we shook hands on. and my build back better plan will be a force for achieving lower prices for americans looking ahead. its another reason why the investments are so impor...

Part of a decade, and i really feel like we might be on the goal line here with something tangible and real that would really make a difference in cities like mine. roads and bridges, transit, passenger rail, i mean major investment in all of those areas are a part of the bipartisan infrastructure framework of $1.2 trillion, and it feels ream. it feels like we might really get this done. the second takeaway for me was certainly all of the talk of bipartisanship, and i really saw the president an...

You have been hearing about infrastructure for the better part of a decade, and i really feel like we might be on the goal line here with something tangible and real that would really make a difference in cities like mine. roads and bridges, transit, passenger rail, i mean major investment in all of those areas are a part of the bipartisan infrastructure framework of $1.2 trillion, and it feels ream. it feels like we might really get this done. the second takeaway for me was certainly all of the...

Paul hodgkins of florida from any prison time? worth watching. >> thank you, scott. thats nbc 4s scott mcfarland from our washington stays. much appreciated. now, on wednesday president biden discussed his infrastructure plan with a bipartisan group of governors and mayors from across the country. among them were governor phil scott, a republican from vermont, governors phil murphy of new jersey and j.b. pritzker of illinois, both democrats, as well as david holt. he is the republican mayor of...

Administrations commitment to climate? because the crisis is upon us right now. and it is upon your administration to lead us the right way. >> thats right. you know, climate effects that we thought would happen in the middle of the century are happening right this minute. we dont have time to debate whether it is real or caused by humans or whether we got to do something about it. we just have to act. my message to people who care about climate like we do is first of all, this is the biggest in...

That are trying to do the right thing. and to create the standards that lift the country up as a whole. i think that that is the right federal role. and this infrastructure framework contains the dollars do just that. >> and how do we encourage good clean behavior knowing what an influence we have over it? >> i think good policy means not so much less growth, but more growth but having it be cleaner. no reason why driving has to be bad for the environment. but we need to make sure that there are...

However, it is connected to the separate bipartisan infrastructure bill, which one can collapse the other. lisa murkowski came out of one of the meetings on the bipartisan group quite optimistic. others are more skeptical. youve seen some i would say under pressure from their leader senator mcconnell to say lets not give joe biden this. but if you add it up, the infrastructure framework, the bipartisan, $600 billion. then this resolution, $4.1 trillion in spending. the question is when the repub...

Package, but it is important to keep the focus on the bipartisan part of package, and that is part of the real recognition of the package, but that is not what the mayors signed on. and individual mayors can sign on that, but we are focused on the core infrastructure included in the bipartisan infrastructure framework, and i dont necessarily have a position on that, and it is an important one with the country, but i see what is happening with the infrastructure part, and that is why millions of ...

Then you have to contend with people on the left who say that figure was not going to be enough. we wanted 6 trillion plus to go really broad to reform the government social safety net. the reporting shows in the senate its not going to be an issue on the left, but it certainly will bubble up in the house. while president biden is trying to keep 50 democratic senators on board with the 3.5 trillion, hes also going to have to do a sales job on that bipartisan infrastructure framework. hes going t...