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There are things, for example, that weren't included in their counterproposal that i know for a fact there's a good number of republican support. for example, in my realm, many my column, investment in the transmission grid, i think there's broad bipartisan support we need to do that. same thing with the investment in the water infrastructure that leads to people's houses, if it includes lead pipes. there are things like that in the american jobs plan that have not been part of the republican dow counterproposal. >> how much does there need to be movement? you talk about movement on the action...

>> i think that there clearly needs to be some additional movement on the part of the republicans. i think there can be. there are things, for example, that weren't included in their counter proposal that i know for a fact that there are a good number of republicans support. for example in my realm column investment in the transmission grid. i think there is broad bipartisan support we need to do that. same thing with investment in the water infrastructure that leads to people's houses. >> the two sides are several hundred billion dollars apart. republicans want less than a trillion. white hou...

Transportation secretary pete buttigieg says that time is running out for the infrastructure package. >> by the time congress is back in washington, i think those members of congress and the american people and all of us in the administration expect to have a clear direction. i think we are getting pretty close to a fish or cut bait moment. we believe in this process. the american people want results. >> the counter proposal the republicans unveiled on thursday is under $1 trillion. the last offer was $1.7 trillion. new numbers from the harvard poll shows the approval rating is at 62%. the hig...

We've been very aboveboard when we're in these conversations. charts are out. the numbers are there. obviously there are a lot of different ways to talk about the same thing. the fact they philosophically seem to agree that the $1 trillion investment is the kind of thing we need to do right now is encouraging, but we aren't exactly aligned. in fact, there's a lot of daylight here. especially because things we consider very important from making sure that we're sparking an electric vehicle revolution and that it happens in the u.s. with american workers on american soil, to the president's comm...

We're in these conversations. charts are out. the numbers are there. obviously there are a lot of different ways to talk about the same thing. the fact they philosophically seem to agree that the $1 trillion investment is the kind of thing we need to do right now is encouraging but we aren't exactly aligned. in fact, there's a lot of daylight here. especially because things we consider very important from making sure that we're sparking an electric vehicle revolution and that it happens in the u.s. with american workers on american soil, to the president's commitment to make sure that we get r...