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“I think it would be a mistake for fencing to be a permanent part of the Capitol,” Blunt told This Week host George Stephanopoulos Sen. Roy Blunt tells @GStephanopoulos the Capitol should be secure, but at the same time, as free as we can possibly make it. It s an important element of who we are, it s an important symbol of who we are, he says. https://t.co/CUnm2Taxvkpic.twitter.com/3y2tHAApBi This Week (@ThisWeekABC) April 4, 2021 Blunt said that while having fencing up for certain occasions, such as inaugurations, could serve as an important element it was unnecessary as a permanent structure. ....
We think we can not only have a strong job rebound this year, but we can sustain it over many years. That’s the goal, Deese said. Let s also think to the longer term about where those investments that we can make that will really drive not just more job growth but better job growth, not just job growth in the short term but job growth in the long term by investing in our infrastructure, by investing in our research and development in a way that we haven t since the 1960s. Republicans touted their party s unified opposition to the bill in appearances on NBC, ABC and Fox, with Sen. Roy Blunt ....
I think [Transportation Secretary] Pete [Buttigieg] and I could come up with an infrastructure bill. What the president proposed this week is not an infrastructure bill, said Wicker, adding that what the bill really amounted to was a huge tax increase. I’m all for working with the administration on an infrastructure bill, he continued, before predicting that many Americans would lose their jobs if the corporate tax rate was raised to 28 percent, as proposed by the president. How could the president expect to have bipartisanship when his proposal is a repeal of one of our signature issues in 2017? Wicker asked. ....
On Fox News Sunday, Wallace displayed graphics indicating that the national debt grew by trillions during former President Trump [H]aven t you lost your credibility on this issue? Wallace asked. I don’t think anybody has a very good record, Blunt responded. Blunt also said that Congress came together to pass not one.but five bills addressing the COVID-19 pandemic, which he said had a significant effect on the debt. The Obama and Trump administrations, he added, were very similar in terms of the national debt. Wallace s remarks came in response to comments from some Senate Republicans, including Majority Leader Mitch McConnell ....