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Huge -- hundred planes funding to improve the grid to make it more resilient, and the hundred and 74 billion to boost the electric vehicle market, shift away from fossil fuel powered cars. the problem those again, the paris climate agreement is nonbinding. every country has their own set of reasons to miss the target, they all have their old joe manchin wounds or mitch mcconnell. there are carats out there, but we have a real lack of sticks. and now a court has busted out a stick.

$174 billion for electric vehicles. i don't see that investment for our energy or infrastructure grid. we just had a cyberattack we have real problems in the country this should be 100 percent infrastructure. steve: exactly. you are there fighting for that. do you think there is any chance they will listen to your common sense approach quick. >> it's doubtful at this point with pelosi taking over the committee. republicans have met with the president multiple occasions. we put forth our own alternatives. the senate has in the ranking member has as well. it's falling on deaf ears. now there's e...

$174 billion for electric vehicles. i don't see that investment for our energy or infrastructure grid. we just had a cyberattack we have real problems in the country this should be 100 percent infrastructure. steve: exactly. you are there fighting for that. do you think there is any chance they will listen to your common sense approach quick. >> it's doubtful at this point with pelosi taking over the committee. republicans have met with the president multiple occasions. we put forth our own alternatives. the senate has in the ranking member has as well. it's falling on deaf ears. now there's e...

$174 billion for electric vehicles. i don't see that investment for our energy or infrastructure grid. we just had a cyberattack we have real problems in the country this should be 100 percent infrastructure. steve: exactly. you are there fighting for that. do you think there is any chance they will listen to your common sense approach quick. >> it's doubtful at this point with pelosi taking over the committee. republicans have met with the president multiple occasions. we put forth our own alternatives. the senate has in the ranking member has as well. it's falling on deaf ears. now there's e...

To live understand the illusion these tax cuts don't cost anything, but at a time when you, as you alluded to, the budget deficit approaching $1 trillion, the revenue loss from this matters. we know from our report that last year because these fortune 500 companies paid 11.3% instead of the 21% they were supposed to pay, that blew a $74 billion hole in our budget deficit for the year. that's not the whole thing, but it's a pretty substantial chunk. you know, while congress could go another year making it a 21st consecutive year without balancing the budget, probably will, in the long run the $...