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Hayes brown, errin haynes, thank you for joining me. joining me now is connecticut democratic congresswoman rosa, the chair of the house appropriations committee. thank you for joining me. you always lightening up the screen every time we have you on. i want to talk a little bit about what we can expect on the infrastructure bill, something the president has coined the infrastructure necessary for us to be able to thrive in the 21st century. i understand now there is a fight going on on capito...

Generational change in terms of being able to establish what we have been able to establish with this $3.5 trillion package. remember, he left louisiana last week, now hes in new york and new jersey. climate change is real. infrastructure needs are real and he has to deal with both. we just saw texas governor abbott sign one of the most repressive voting state laws we have ever seen in a state that already had one of the most restrictive laws we have seen. >> right. >> voting and infrastructure ...

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We have a lot of work left to do, but i think it is a significant move to address the vital infrastructure needs. yes, i do think it is positive that it is bipartisan. it shows the democrats and republicans can get together and start to tackle some of these problems. i think thats also a hopeful element of this. >> ron, theres now a playbook for the successful legislative endeavors by this white house, the covid relief package which was not bipartisan, it was in terms of the support you had in t...

To change the appropriate minds regarding filibuster reform, unless were going to wait around for the republicans to suddenly decide they actually should be protecting peoples rights to vote as opposed to tearing away their rights to vote, what i call stealing our votes. >> some democratic lawmakers are actually threatening to block the presidents key infrastructure legislation if voting reform isnt resolved first. one telling cnn, i cant imagine having a vote on an infrastructure bill before re...

Appropriate on electric vehicles. shouldnt electric vehicles or hybrid vehicles pay their fair share in terms of infrastructure needs, roads and bridges. i think theres some discussion left on those topics. >> is that code for it may end up not being in the final package? >> well, it may not, but the administration, therefore, will need to come forward with other ideas without raising taxes. what we dont want to do is hurt the economy right now as were coming out of this pandemic by raising taxe...

What points are deal killers? and if in the end it does require reconciliation, is that possible without senator manchin? >> its a good question. its not just senator manchin. you had senator john tester, senator mark warner raise concerns about the cost, the price tag of the bigger plan. so its not just senator manchin, but as with everything in this current senate, senator manchin is the hinge point in many respects. i think you have republicans who -- some republicans who think we need to hav...

Money, not the over $1 trillion joe biden said is necessary to address infrastructure needs. the second is where is the pay for? the pay for this kind of a bill should be by making sure that the richest 1% of corporations and individuals in the country make their fair share, which theyre not. theres always a question as to whether or not climate is even adequately addressed. the second part, you said there may be enough support among republicans for the family act portion. i dont think so becaus...

Infrastructure needs in west virginia. he doesnt like all the green-new-deal stuff that -- thats in the biden plan. but i can very much see joe biden making a deal or doing whatever is necessary to get an infrastructure bill that brings back millions to west virginia. channeling his best memory of robert c. byrd. >> jonathan, quickly, before we go. will there be something on voting rights that joe manchin will support and join the democrats on in the senate? >> yeah. he supports the john lewis v...

The feeling that there wont be any movement on the voting rights, built for the people acts but on infrastructure to agree with jonathan that if he cant get to 60 republicans on infrastructure, he has to get some kind of infrastructure to bring back to west virginia and how do it with democrats alone if he has to? >> i think he will. and remember he went with reconciliation on the job spill a couple of months back and then he made a big deal is coming back to west virginia saying im bringing mil...