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Development efforts in those communities, that's a big deal and that's something i support and something that the american people support, too. griff: and this is your piece of legislation and very interesting. and you talked about the $400 billion and anita just showed our viewers, 550 billion for the clean energy and 400 billion for child care and 200 billion for child tax, but left out of this is paid leave. is that a problem and where are we with the progressives and moderates really coming together within your party? >> well, listen, i'm someone who supports paid leave. i don't think that...

National commitment, he joined the climate accord. and one big question is is the u.s. going to follow those through, even though we're so politically divided back here at home. president biden hasn't managed to pass his legislative framework but he comes with, look, a major investment in climate, $550 billion. this is a commitment of the u.s. that we haven't seen before. that is going to be, i think, a crucial thing because between them china and united states have up to 40% of the world's emissions. these are the crucial questions. it's not what everybody does. it's what the united states an...

Plan claiming they will pave the way cutting greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030. framework including $550 billion in climate spending including 320 billion in tax credit, the white house says it would help american businesses and home partnerships to renewable energy sources. we are back with kim strassel and "wall street journal" editorial board member allysia finley. 550 billion, that's a lot of green for green. what is it going to go for? >> has a lot corporate welfare, mostly tax credit for everything, hydrogen, battery, biofuel, you name it. some of it to go out and propagandize ene...

Electric car and that's all fine and good except the people in my district can't afford that because our average household-- our household median income is a few thousand more than a low end electric car. and they're ignoring people who have less economic wherewithal within their districts and catering to the rich. >> let's go over quickly where most of the money would be going when we have a graphic to put up. there are 550 billion to clean energy and child care and pre-k for three and four year olds and 200 billion for extending the early childhood tax credit. you said you're not going to vo...

When he was in office. how big of a deal is that on the world stage, would you say? just that difference there? >> it's huge. in other words, i think president obama deserves a lot of credit for what he did at the paris summit. then we got out of the paris agreement and now president biden is putting us back in as international leaders global alliance, but especially the key has got to be climate change. and the fact that he has a very good chance of passage of strong climate change provisions, as i mentioned on electric vehicles, on renewable energy, on battery storage, on transmission, on al...