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Pride. the jobs -- these are jobs that cant be outsourced. were going to put plumbers and pipe fitters to work replacing lead pipes in america so families and children can drink clean water. 400,000 schools. its not just our homes. its across the country. were going to put line workers and electricians laying thousands of transmission lines and build a modern energy grid. high speed internet affordable to everybody. we talked about it on the way over that how short the number of people that have...

Were going to put plumbers and pipefitters to work replacing lead pipes in america so families and children can drink clean water. 400,000 schools, i mean, its not just our homes. its across the country. were going to put line workers and electricians to work laying thousands of miles of transmission lines and build modern snaufr energy grid. were going to make high-speed internet available to everyone in america. we talked about it on the way over. how short the number of people who have access...

Ida, going back to sandy? >> yes, it does. in the reconciliation bill theres $170 billion to improve our nations public housing units. theres money in there to upgrade public schools where theres been damage there. theres money to upgrade housing so that those structures that were damaged and we lost lives, the owners there can fix -- have access to dollars specifically to fix those basement apartments up. theres money in there to -- also in regard to lead pipes, 100% replace the lead pipes we h...

Americans deserve a commitment from Congress to provide states with sufficient resources to modernize our water and sewer infrastructure systems.

Deal for the 650,000 workers who are going to have new jobs, high skilled, high often union jobs. its a big deal for the communities all over our country who are gonna get badly new investments whether its broadband to help kids to school and seniors to their doctors or it will clean up the pollution in drinking waters from lead pipes or making things more resilient for renewables its a big deal politically as well it shows president biden is right. that on some core areas, we can still work tog...

What point they will pass it. bottom line, we want to fix the roads and bridges and get rid of all the lead pipes, lord knows, i represent michigan and others can talk to you about lead pipes. as well as high speed internet and so on. we know, that we have to address the climate crisis, we can create 10 million jobs doing, that are more than that. millions of jobs doing that. we can extend the largest working class tax cut for folks. we want to help cut the cost for folks who are up at night try...

Like your colleagues alexandria ocasio-cortez or other progressives with whom we have saying, no, no, i need guarantees. the timeline is you get something done, you come back from the august recess and get the reconciliation bill.meth others say i am not passing the first until the second is done. >> first of all, well pass the infrastructure bill in the senate. it will go to the house, and then than will determine, you know, at what point they will pass it.ll it will pass the budget resolution....

>> part of that means debunking the lies. the lies from senator ron johnson and others that it couldnt have really been an insurrection because no one was armed. >> and i wonder what your reaction is to that because weve heard about -- well, first of all, rampant baseball bats, lead pipes, confederate battle flags and so on. and what about the question of firearms? so what is your reaction generally to this proposition that they werent armed? >> well, first and foremost, i would say that the imp...

Says the bipartisan group hes working with could reach a deal as early as monday. but will a deal worked out by both parties members appeal to their colleagues. i spoke to chris coons of delaware to find out. >> joining us now, chris coons of delaware, welcome back to "the sunday show." >> it is great to be with you, jonathan. >> from everything we hear out there, a deal is imminent, were possibly going to see something tomorrow. are you as confident were going to see a deal tomorrow? >> jonatha...

Lead pipes are just one source of the toxin that still plagues families, particularly those who are of color or low income.