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>> in this bill, a third of the american jobs bill goes to infrastructure. >> and it has to be spent in the next year. how much of that can go in a year to go and fix those bridges that you point out are structurally insignificant? chris, what we really need is a six-year highway bill. thats the kind of infrastructure investment that republicans and democrats can get behind -- >> im all for it. >> well, lets pass that. lets talk about a six-year highway bill -- >> you guys deal in ideology and t...

Thats for any person who suggested in a small company. thats philadelphia that youre talking about theyve had a negative 4% growth in small business. its focused on small businesse businesses. >> you know what you should do, ask them how many bridges are below safety code and fix them. this country says they cant do jobs. >> without question. >> let me ask you about support from the establishment. you beat the heck out of these people. you took the machine such as it was on that day. could be mo...

What do you want to see from transocean, from bp and the rest of the oil industry before youre going to be satisfied that drilling can continue. >> we want them to embrace a strong safety code which will be enacted into law. we do not want to see transocean opposing stronger protections for safety on blowout preventers, we dont want to see them opposing language that will mandate strong protections to whistle blowers inside of the industry who warn of safety hazards and i might add, we dont want...

They dont look at the stimulus and say it was a success. again, put aside the merit of the argument. politically, the things that show him to be a big thinker or a big, bold political leader are things that would not necessarily be popular in the middle of the country, would not necessarily help his political prospects. the white house is looking at this as a political speech it puts him in a difficult box trying to do something big and bold but broadly popular. not many things fall into that ba...

See if he does it. suppose takes every bridge, safety code, democratic politics, im going to fix every bridge below code, put the engineering to work, semiskilled, every worker in the city and create a million jobs doing it. is that a good thing to do? basic safety. >> what he has to do is try something new. as heileman pointed out, a lot of people didnt like the stimulus. if he says well see more stimulus. the reaction will be, you tried that, it didnt work. he has to, to fill the moment, come ...

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Dont abolish your vacation. come up with a plan, listen to the american people, and then in september when the congress is back, challenge the congress, go over their heads, because just generally on a lot of these issues, theyre not going to listen. but he can do a lot by executive order, by persuasion. he is a very persuasive guy. those that say hes detached and cool, i dont see that. ive seen him on the campaign trail. he trounced all of us running for president by inspiring people, and i thi...

Trail. he trounced all of us running for president by inspiring people, and i think he can do that again. >> i would go further. i would go where this needs to be work done, not make work, but work that needs to be done. i wouldnt call it that. i would point to bridges and say that bridge is falling down, lets bring it up to safety code. that road needs work, lets fix that road. i would say the sewer system is 100 years old, robert reich. here is maureen dowd questions the president in her comme...

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In a small company because small companies create 0% of all jobs. thats philadelphia that youre talking about theyve had a negative 4% growth in small businesses in the last 30 years. thats why 100,000 jobs have disappeared. its focused on small businesses. thats why im vice chairman of small business. thats what im going to dpooks on from the senate. >> you know what you should do, ask them how many bridges are below safety code and fix them. get them fixed. this country says they cant do jobs....