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Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday announced a new administration push to eliminate lead from water pipes and homes in the next decade using billions in new funding allocated through

Harris said the push would focus on communities that have "historically been left out or left behind."

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Speaking of policy, when voters look to see what democrats have accomplished so far, looming over everything is that on going fight on the hill over the spending bill, over the infrastructure bill, which still has not been passed. how concerned are you that thats denied terry mcauliffe and other democrats a big when to campaign on? >> speaking to the infrastructure bill, we have a bill that passed the united states senate with 69 votes. its a bill that would replace every lead pipe and service l...

That passed the senate with 69 votes, would make record, historic investments in our roads, our bridges, our brand band infrastructure, which during the pandemic, kids in my district and people in my district were doing their homework or commuting to work from a mcdonalds parking lot. we would replace every lead pipe in america in this bill. we would invest in mitigation and resiliency efforts to prevent flooding and to mitigate for forest fires. we would invest record amounts in public transpor...

Saying dont penalize billionaires because they did well, but everyone should pay this 15% patriots tax. chances for that? >> im more open to that. thats a step in the right direction. i think that might be something that could get a lot of attention as we discuss this going forward. >> i do want to -- really quickly, im going to get in trouble for this. this $30 billion in to replace lead pipes. i know thats near and dear to you. whats left in the current package? >> in the bipartisan infrastruc...

Were going to put hard-working americans on the job to bring our infrastructure up to speed. good union jobs. not $7 an hour or $15 an you can look at your family with pride. jobs that cant be outsourced. jobs replacing lead water pipes like you have here in the scranton area. kids getting brain damage because of the ingestion of lead. clean water all across america. were going to replace every lead pipe in the nation. again, creating jobs, but doing more than that. increasing the health and w...

Tip our hats to that effort. >> okay, mr. tim miller, author of a piece over at the bulwark today that starts with this headline. "an ode to saint joe manchin. democrats are mad at joe manchin. they ought to be grateful for him. saint joe is the one man standing between you and majority leader mitch doing everything in his power to tank the biden agenda." please share your thinking with the audience, tim. >> i know that might not be a popular one. me and juanita have been agreeing too much latel...

To get products easier to go somewhere and quicker to drive on randall road. look, this agreement also allows us to replace every lead pipe and service line in america benefiting ten million homes. its going to address -- [ applause ] its going to address lead exposure in 400,000 of our schools and day care facilities where children drink that water. this would be the largest investment in clean drinking water in american history were passing. in every -- one in every ten people in illinois lack...

Easily to chicago. think about how much easier life will be when its quicker to drive on randall road. look, this agreement also allows us to replace every lead pipe and service line in america benefitting 10 million homes. its going its been address ed this would be the largest investment in clean drinking water. one in every ten people in illinois lacks access to high speed internet. the agreement allows us to connect every single american to high speed internet. those of your parent who is ha...