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Republicans are outlining a bipartisan framework on infrastructure. the deal spends 959 billion taxpayer dollars. far less than president biden had wanted, and far less even more so than progressives say they are willing to accept. back with our panel to give a little more meat on the bone. as i said, overall, the cost is $959 billion new spending which is a key. $559 billion. and what we're talking about is traditional infrastructure. we're talking about roads. we're talking about broadband internet. we're talking about electric utilities, bridges, things of that nature. so the question is wh...

A 787 billion supposed infrastructure bill and it was chalk full of waste, fraud and abuse. we got a lot of garbage out of it. to me as a conservative i want to starve the beast. i don't want more government. they'll try to pass as much money as they can. they are doing a stunning job of doing it. >> dana: republicans could agree more on what they define as actual infrastructure, roads, bridges, etc. a lot of other things in this bill. in the new proposal the biden team is willing to reduce the request for $159 billion that would go to roads, bridges and major infrastructure projects down to 1...

Criticism that this wasn't a serious effort, saying that it was. they say this was made in kind showing that president biden is willing to move on the issue, but the open question is exactly how far. they said they got to this number, the reduced price, from $2.25 initially, now to $1.7 trillion, they got to that reduced price by making four major concessions. one removes manufacturing, research development and innovation elements. another lowers broadband investments from $100 billion to $65 billion. another reduces funding for roads, bridges and major infrastructure from $159 billion to $120...

To every single statement out there that was incorrect. >> all right. thank you. >> what i did -- >> i appreciate that, thank you. the president on monday said also -- who is this so-called whistle-blower? who knows the correct facts? is he on our country's side? do you believe the whistle-blower is on our country's side? >> i believe that the whistle-blower, and all employees who come forward to the icig to raise concerns of fraud, waste and abuse, are doing what they perceive to be the right thing. >> so working on behalf of our country. are you aware of the fact that whistleblowers within t...

So what i did is my loyalty is to my workforce. >> thank you. the president on monday said -- who is this so-called whistle-blower, who knows the correct facts? is he on our country's side? do you believe the whistle-blower is on our country's side? >> i believe that the whistle-blower and all employees who come forward to the icig to raise concerns of fraud, waste, and abuse are doing what they perceive to be the right thing. >> so working on behalf of our country. are you aware of the fact that whistleblowers within the federal government have identified waste, fraud and abuse of over $59 bi...