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Emoluments, so yes, there is a nexus there, but thats not directly. his tax returns are another area that will clearly be looked at probablily by the ways and means committee, but there are other issues that are equally important here that we must get to. some of these deals with the ongoing policies. what i want you to know is this new democratic congress wants to go to the fundamental issues that we campaigned on. we campaigned on health care. we have to absolutely guarantee that every america...

Appreciated paired very >> tucker: elements of the right on the left have finally found something they can agree on, at least for the moment. opposing corporate welfare for amazon. jeff bezos getting billions in subsidized -- that is not all. part of a deal for amazon, the commonwealth of virginia is promising to form a company about any freedom of information requests it receives about amazon. the republican in the assembly, sent a letter to the governor of new york, andrew cuomo, questioning t...

Right on the left have finally found something they can agree on, at least for the moment.r: opposing corporate welfare for amazon. jeff bezos getting billions in taxpayer subsidies to open a new headquarters in new york, and that is not all. part of a deal for amazon, the commonwealth of virginia is promising to form a company about any freedom of information requests it receives about amazon. the republican in the assembly, sent a letter to the governor of new york, andrew cuomo, questioning t...

Mostly public-private partnerships that rely on fees and tolls. >> martha: the federal government does take an enormous long time to get projects like this moving. thats exactly what president obama said. >> thats not the problem. >> martha: present from the at the private sector involves they can work together and make these things move along more quickly. you sound like you very much and resistance to opening up that conversation and talking about public-private partnership. >> just the contra...

This new fund. next join. according to the african development bank africa requires up to one hundred seventy billion dollars annually to meet its infrastructure needs. but as the continent moves to me to the deficit experts are questioning governments bowed to the need for inclusive development. be established infrastructural projects must have a link to link or linkage with. productive sectors of the economy if for instance you invest in a standard goods or a do it through funded loan how much...

What does the president plan to do with that funding? >> the highway trust fund does need to be addressed. every year they go out of it we, in conjunction with the congress, have got to address this issue we look forward to addressing with congress how to do that. >> the white house doesnt have a proposal right now for that? >> we dont want to do it unilaterally. we want to discuss the infrastructure needs of our countr

Stimulating at least $1.5 trillion in infrastructure investment. minimum of $200 billion in direct federal funding. key element is to empower decision making at the state and the local level because state and local officials know best the infrastructure needs of their communities. one to use federal dollars to encourage infrastructure investment by the state, localities and the private sector. three, streamline project delivery and, four, invest in

Communities, people, taxpayers and our communities. they take that money, send it to washington and then we decide how to use it and send it back to the communities with a lot of strings attached on what they need to do. so what we are trying to do is to recognize the states and localities, communities, understand best what their infrastructure needs are and to allow them to have much greater flexibility to decide their own product in conjunction and partnership with the federal government. >> o...

Need to be addressed because every year more money goes out of it than receipts are received. and this will be a huge problem in 2021. so with, in conjunction with congress, have got to address this issue so were not in any disagreement about that. the issue is how. and we look forward to consulting with congress on how to do that. again, the cliff begins in 2021. >> the white house doesnt have anything for that? >> we dont want to do it unilaterally. the presidents proposal consisted on princip...

Includes a minimum of $200 billion in direct federal funding and a key element to empower decision making at the state and the local level because state and local officials know best the infrastructure needs of their communities. many of you know that the principles are behind this. and so i wanted to reiterate some of the principles. the principles behind this proposal are, one, to use federal dollars as seed money to encourage infrastructure investments by the state, locality and the private s...