I NOTICED EVERYBODY IS FOR THE
INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE QUESTION IS HOW WILL WE PAY
FOR IT.
HOW MUCH WILL HE COMPROMISE?
JOINED BY THE CONFERENCE CHAIR.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
INFRASTRUCTURE
INFRASTRUCTURE THE PRESIDENTS
NEXT BIG PROPOSAL.
WE WILL HEAR FROM HIM NEXT WEEK
WHEN HE PRESENTS IT TO CONGRESS.
BUT HE SAYS HE CAN PUSH IT
THROUGH WITHOUT A SINGLE
REPUBLICAN VOTE.
ARE YOU WILLING TO GO AND IS HE WILLING TO GIVE?
WILLING TO GIVE?
>> IT SHOULD IT BE BUY PARTISAN.
THE MAJOR PROPOSAL INCLUDES
GREEN CAFETERIAS AND A HUGE
MEDICAID EXPANSION.
I WANT TO GO TO ROADS, HIGHWAYS,
ALL OF THE THINGS IMPORTANT, BUT
THE PRESIDENT HAS MORE MONEY IN
HIS PROGRAM FOR ELECTRIC
VEHICLES WHICH ARE USUALLY
BOUGHT BY RICH PEOPLE, THAN FOR
ALL OF THE THINGS I JUST
MENTIONED.
I AM LOOKING FOR A BIPARTISAN
SOLUTION, NOT WHAT LOOKS TO ME
TO HAVE BEEN TURNED INTO A
LIBERAL SLUSH FUND RATHER THAN
THE NEEDS OF OUR NATION.
>> LET ME SEPARATE YOUR
CRITICISM OF THE OTHER SS PEKTSA
OF THE PLAN.
ARE YOU WILLING TO DO SOMETHING
ON THE CORPORATE TAX RATE TO DO
SOMETHING ON THE BRIDGES AND
ROADS?
>> NONE OF THESE ELECTRIC
VEHICLES PAY ANYTHING.
THEY SAY WE WILL ADD IT TO THE
GAS TAX, BUT THEY DONT PAY FOR
GAS AT ALL.
I AM NOT INTERESTED IN RAISING
TAXES ON AMERICAN PEOPLE.
I MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE WHO USE
THINGS IN OUR COUNTRY PAY TO DO
THAT.
WE ARE SEEING NONE OF THAT WITH
ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND THAT IS
ONE OF PRESIDENT BIDENS
INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN.
WE NEED TO GO BACK TO WHAT WE
PASSED IN A BIPARTISAN WAY, THE
HIGHWAYS BILL LAST TIME IT GOT
OUT OF THE COMMITTEE I CHAIRED
21-0.
I SUPPORTED IT.
BERNIE SANDERS SUPPORTED IT.
THAT OUGHT TO BE THE STRUCTURE
OF ANY INFRASTRUCTURE BILL
BECAUSE IT DEALT WITH
INFRASTRUCTURE AND HAD BROAD
BIPARTISAN SUPPORT.
>> IT WAS CAUGHTUT TO 21% FROM 3
UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP.
IS IT JUST USER FEES TO PAY FOR
THAT PIECE OF IT?
>> WHEN I LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED,
WHAT I BELIEVE IS ONE OF THE
CROWNING ACHIEVEMENTS OF OUR
PAST ADMINISTRATION IS CUTTING
THE TAX RATES AND ON INDIVIDUALS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHICH
RESULTED IN THIS INCREDIBLE
ECONOMIC BOOM UP UNTIL
CORONAVIRUS.
I AM NOT READY TO GO BACK ON ANY
OF THE THINGS THAT WORKED SO
SUCCESSFULLY TO HELP STIMULATE
THE AMERICAN ECONOMY.
I WANT TO WORK TOGETHER IN A
BIPARTISAN WAY LIKE WE DID LAST
YEAR ON ROADS, HIGHWAYS,
BRIDGES.
WE DID ONE ON WATER
INFRASTRUCTURE, ON OUR PORTS,
WATERWAYS, THOSE ARE THE THINGS
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THINK OF
WHEN WE SAY INFRASTRUCTURE AND
THAT IS WHERE WE NEED TO BE
WORKING ON THIS.
>> I WANT TO HAVE A LONGER
CONVERSATION WITH YOU ON THE
ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND CLIMATE
CHANGE PROPOSALS THAT ARE PART
OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND WHY YOU
THINK IT SHOULDNT BE PART OF
IT, BUT LET ME ASK YOU QUICKLY
BECAUSE WE HAVE AN ABBREVIATED
SEGMENT TODAY.
AFGHANISTAN, THERE WILL BE A
BRIEFING THIS AFTERNOON.
WHAT IS YOUR OPPOSITION TO THE
BY SEPTEMBER 11th WITHDRAWAL
PLAN?
>> I THINK ITS A MISTAKE.
I THINK A DECISION OF ANY LEADER
WHEN THEY MAKE A DECISION BASED
ON THE CALENDAR ON THE WALL
WHICH IS WHAT PRESIDENT BIDEN
HAS DONE SAYING SEPTEMBER 11,
RATHER THAN THE CONDITIONS ON
THE GROUND, I THINK THEY LIVE TO
REGRET THOSE DECISIONS.
I THINK NATO WILL PULL OUT IF WE
PULL OUT AND TALIBAN WILL TAKE
OVER AGAIN.
THE PRESIDENTS MILITARY
ADVISERS ADVISED AGAINST THIS.
THEY SAID THIS WILL TURN THE
CLOCK BACK ON THE WOMEN OF
AFGHANISTAN, GIRLS OF
AFGHANISTAN.
WOMEN WILL ONCE AGAIN BE KILLED
AND IT WILL SET UP HARM AND
DANGER TO PEOPLE NOT JUST AROUND
THE COUNTRY, BUT AROUND THE
WORLD.
THIS WILL BE A HAVEN FOR
TERRORISTS.
PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES MAY
SAY WE ARE TIRED OF FIGHTING
RADICAL ISLAMISTS, BUT THEY ARE
NOT TIRED OF FIGHTING US SO WE
NEED TO BE VIGILANT.
>> WE DIDNT HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT
THIS WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID WE WOULD BE OUT BY MAY 1.
WE WOULD BE OUT BY MAY 1.
>> RESPECTFULLY I WOULD
WE HAVE FEWER TROOPS IN
AFGHANISTAN NOW THAN I THINK WE
DO IN GERMANY OR JAPAN OR KOREA.
WE HAVE NOT LOST A SINGLE
SOLDIER IN AFGHANISTAN IN OVER A
YEAR.
I THINK IT WAS THE MISTAKE TO
MAKE THE DECISION PRESIDENT
BIDEN MADE AND I WILL BRING THAT