Page 5 - Press Sec News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

To rebuild roads, railways and bridges and put people back to work and make childcare, elder care, pre-k more cost effective to address the climate crisis and make the case directly to members. >> senator manchin called -- is that something the president is open to, substance of what is being hashed out right now? >> press sec. psaki: i wouldn't say that is substance of what is being hashed out right now, a lot of topics are being talked about, including senator manchin. we talked over the last couple days about this proposal for means testing, the president supports and focused on ensuring pl...

No, no, no. >> thank you. >> thank you, pool. what i was referring to there in the infrastructure bill, it includes a number of key components in our view that will address the climate crisis, addressing electric vehicles, getting rid of lead pipes, making sure there are charging stations and key components in build back better agenda, efforts to move toward clean economy. >>-- president biden support the solution effectively? >> press sec. psaki: our focus over the next 17 days or so is plus or minus, is getting debt limit raised in the senate. that is what we're working toward, plenty of tim...

Packages done. as part of that and we knew from the beginning, compromise is necessary, inevitable. some have come down, some have come up and in the numbers and what we're looking at here, that is basis of the discussion and basis of progress has been. >> one quick question, laufrped another missile -- white house reaction to that and to the offer to open up. >> press sec. psaki: we've made specific proposals for discussion with the north koreans issue but not received a response to date. in outreach from the united states, we remain prepared to discuss the full range of issuess. i believe in...

Forward, going there to make the case for how the two packages can help the american people. he'll answer questions and i'm sure that will be part of the important engagement he has while on the hill. >> some republicans working with the president earlier on the $1 trillion package, mitt romney among them, says this is profoundly disappointing and he believes house democrats put their party ahead of the needs of the country. how does the president respond to that? >> press sec. psaki: maybe time and energy of the republicans in senate who voted in a bipartisan fashion to move the infrastructur...

Pelosi is using legislative trick to pretend it is thursday on the hill to meet her deadline. >> press sec. psaki: jacqui, anyone been through a legislative fight or covered the hill knows negotiations and the deal making always happen at the end. doesn't matter how the process works or how many weeks there are, it happens at the end. we're late stages of the process, this is exactly the moment where people put bottom line down, their best ideas forward and there is heavy negotiating and that is what is happening and timelooins can help make progress. >> there are 3700 department of transporta...