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Pride. the jobs -- these are jobs that can't be outsourced. we're going to put plumbers and pipe fitters to work replacing lead pipes in america so families and children can drink clean water. 400,000 schools. it's not just our homes. it's across the country. we're going to put line workers and electricians laying thousands of transmission lines and build a modern energy grid. high speed internet affordable to everybody. we talked about it on the way over that how short the number of people that have access to the internet here because of the lack of investment. we're going to make the largest...

We're going to put plumbers and pipefitters to work replacing lead pipes in america so families and children can drink clean water. 400,000 schools, i mean, it's not just our homes. it's across the country. we're going to put line workers and electricians to work laying thousands of miles of transmission lines and build modern snaufr energy grid. we're going to make high-speed internet available to everyone in america. we talked about it on the way over. how short the number of people who have access to the internet here because of the lack of investment. we're going to make the largest invest...

Ida, going back to sandy? >> yes, it does. in the reconciliation bill there's $170 billion to improve our nation's public housing units. there's money in there to upgrade public schools where there's been damage there. there's money to upgrade housing so that those structures that were damaged and we lost lives, the owners there can fix -- have access to dollars specifically to fix those basement apartments up. there's money in there to -- also in regard to lead pipes, 100% replace the lead pipes we have in our country now. so there are plenty of dollars in there that makes up the $3.5 trillio...

Americans deserve a commitment from Congress to provide states with sufficient resources to modernize our water and sewer infrastructure systems.

Deal for the 650,000 workers who are going to have new jobs, high skilled, high often union jobs. it's a big deal for the communities all over our country who are gonna get badly new investments whether it's broadband to help kids to school and seniors to their doctors or it will clean up the pollution in drinking waters from lead pipes or making things more resilient for renewables it's a big deal politically as well it shows president biden is right. that on some core areas, we can still work together. even mitch mcconnell voted for this bill. i didn't think we were going to get 69 votes ton...