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Threatening to pull out federal assistance. >> i think you're overreading. when you say the president threatened to pull out, he said that we are not going to be there forever. the president and vice president are saying we are their partners forever in this long term relationship in rebuilding, but it may not necessarily involve the united states military in years to come. >> i don't remember after houston or a tweet after what we saw in florida of that kind from the president. do you? >> you are dealing with completely different situations though. florida and texas -- that's what you're tryi...

These new federal funds are matched by significant additional dollars for maximum efficiency, and accountability. people watching over each one of these jobs and every penny will count to them. taxpayers deserve the best results for their investment, and i will ensure that this is what they get. the last administration passed a stimulus package of which only a tiny 7% went to infrastructure and much of that was just wasted money. you folks up front, you know what i'm talking about. the great infrastructure plan nobody saw any money. remember shovel ready, right? shovel ready wasn't shovel read...

These new federal funds are managed by significant additional dollars for maximum efficiency and accountability. i have people watching over each one of these jobs and every penny will count. taxpayers deserve the best results for their investment and i will ensure that this is what they get. the stimulus package, of which only a tiny 7% went to infrastructure. and much of that was just wasted money, you folks up front know what i am talking about. the great infrastructure plan, nobody saw any money. shovel ready wasn't shovel read ready. we are not going to repeat that mistake, that is not go...

Saw health care and what it took to get it across the finish line in the house. still pending in the senate. tax reform, we don't know a timeline on that. it is tough to fit it all in, as you imagine infrastructure, did you say it's a 2018 thing? is it a 2019 thing? >> well, we hope not. we hope to tackle it with the consent of congress in the third quarter, and i don't think our country can wait. i think both democrats and republicans want to have a better infrastructure. we're talking about how to pay for it, and that will include $200 billion of direct federal funding. some kind of public a...

Took to get it across the finish line in the house. still pending in the senate. tax reform, we don't know a timeline on that. it is tough to fit it all in, as you imagine infrastructure, did you say it's a 2018 thing? is it a 2019 thing? >> well, we hope not. we hope to tackle it with the consent of congress in the third quarter, and i don't think our country can wait. i think both democrats and republicans want to have a better infrastructure. we're talking about how to pay for it, and that will include $200 billion of direct federal funding. some kind of public and private partnerships. per...