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The most interesting comments in the entire press conference by joe manchin who did not take questions, he spoke for 5 minutes and then left, and he said i will not support reconciliation legislation without knowing how the bill will impact our debt and our economy as you allude to he said that they are trying to play shell games. he agreed to 1.75 trillion, but what they might do in this piece of legislation and this is why the details are so crucial, you provide tax increases to fund the programs for a longer period of time and that something joe manchin has been against. he's fine spending ...

Pending some final negotiations on things we care very much about. immigration and prescription drug pricing. we know senators are still negotiating that. some details on child care. those are the last pieces, and once we have those, we will be happy to vote both of those bills, both the infrastructure bill, and the build back better bill through the house, and i'm hoping that can happen as soon as tomorrow or the next day. we are ready to get this transformational change to people. >> congresswoman, you say you're ready and there may just be a few final pieces from you. what we heard from sen...

Horse trading going on in the build back better agenda. what stood out to you? to me that corporate tax issue, you know, this was always you were going to pay for it, tax the rich, raise corporate taxes a little bit, but not as high as they were before the tax cuts in 2017. invest in working families. that whole construct is up in the air now. >> reporter: right, and apparently dead. i mean, if you can't raise tax rates -- and it's a little bit unclear to me as with so much what senator sinema actually opposes. >> right. >> reporter: what her line in the sand is. i think there's a lot to this ...

Mr. attorney general garland. the sackler family has used every part -- including abusing the bankruptcy system to secure civil immunity and now johnson & johnson has scrambled its organizational charts to put tens of thousands of legal claims into bankruptcy to avoid further liability for its cancer-causing powder. do you believe culpable individuals and corporations should use the shell game to shield themselves from liability. >> i don't know anything about the second example you gave. as to the first the justice department's bankruptcy trustee has weighed in to appeal the decision and i th...

0 jurisdiction? >> any understanding is the judge i -- >> he held the warden in contempt but we haven't seen improvement. >> he asked for a review and the justice department is conducting a review. the marshals did an inspection the other day that was reported in the news and the civil rights division is examining the circumstances. this is the district of columbia jail not the prison system. >> as i explained to members i view the wearing of facemasks as a safety issue and important matter of order and decorum because i'm responsible for preserving order and decorum in this committee i am req...