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u.s. history, putting forth more than 300 billion dollars for climate clean energy investment, including a methane reduction program, which rewards farmers and ranchers for reducing methane emissions. environmental justice block grants, a climate bank provision to make investments in clean energy technology, and energy efficiency. an extension of the electric vehicle tax credit. guaranteed wage rates for clean energy jobs, in four billion dollars for drought funding, one of several items of the democratic arizona senator kirsten sinema negotiated into the bill in order to end her hol...

Molly, thank you for being with us. i don't know if you are the conversation with bernie sanders, but he was lamenting the things did not get done with the bill. he wanted something else, when it's something more of something else. does not love something that was in their. but generally speaking, or pleas that something good is happening if not -- >> i think it is exciting. democrats have decided to not let the perfect be the enemy of the good. he has a lot of legislation, is kind of amazing. there is infrastructure now. they've got this, budget climate in their. it is not everything that eve...

Also have a lot of debt to pay off? how do they balance that with staying competitive for the next decade? >> well, the most important thing these states do is what california and new york, to degree have done, and that's deal with solvency. there's nothing more uncertain as a businessperson, and as i noted i am one, than what's happening in sacramento or albany as it relates to the uncertainty of their budget climate and the prospect that they'll be changing the tax code or changing the regulatory climate to address changing conditions. so some stability is the most important thing. second, y...

Clear national interests. it's a recognition that the united states has been and always will be a pacific power. in the asian make of area, it's increasingly vital to america's security and economic interest, that's why we must become even more engaged in the region over the coming years. doing all this and much more will require smart and stra taoepblg is budget decisions. i have made it clear i share pan pan's and our service chief's serious concerns about the impact sequestration would have on our armed forces. as someone who has run businesses i know that the uncertainty and turbulence of ...