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It was a pandemic. so that shut down was merited in the early days of the trump administration. the "wall street journal" reminded us before the pandemic, poverty fell to the lowest place since 1959. look at the gains for different ethnic groups. hispanics up 7.1%. black americans, 7.9%. people remember this economy. it was not that long ago. they contrast it with what is going on now. >> that's right. unfortunately it seems like a distant memory. think about this. we have a government where we spend over $255 billion a year on the interest on debt alone. in fact, it's now getting over a trill...

It didn't work and now we have this across-the-board cut in defense and discretionary and you can't -- they can't -- don't have flexibility. and -- it is really going to bite and it is -- it is a ridiculous way to govern and i'm -- i'm hoping for two reasons that we can come to a settlement. one, because we should just from the point of view of the substance of having more rational budget but also just to prove to the american people we can do our most basic job. i think it is almost more important that we do something than what the details are. just to show that, you know, for the first time ...

Relief keep that payroll tax relief and expanding unemployment benefits. i will say this. this is the president's initial proposal. the silence from the republicans is deafening. they can counter this. but all they have done is whine and weep and cry and laugh about like hysterical children. where is there for books will? be one less give the viewers the numbers. if there is a 50 billion dollars stimulus proposal for the infrastructure problem, he also wants to extend unemployment benefits and extend the two percentage point payroll tax and adding it all up together, it equals $255 billion out...