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MARIA: WELCOME BACK.
PROGRESS I’VE DEMOCRATS SHOWING
THEIR POWER OVER THE DEMOCRAT
PARTY, DESPITE PRESIDENT BIDEN’S
PLEA TO VOTE FOR HIS SCALED BACK
SOCIAL SPENDING PACKAGE
YESTERDAY, THE PROGRESSIVES ARE
NOT READY TO PLAY BALL.
WATCH.
>> WE DO NEED THE TEXT AND WE
DO NEED THE VOTES ON BOTH BILLS
IN THE HOUSE AT THE SAME TIME.
>> WE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE
THAN AN IOU.
>> IF THE VOTE IS TODAY, I’M A
NO.
THIS WAS NOT WHAT I THOUGHT WAS
COMING TODAY.
MARIA: SO ALL OF THIS THREW OUT
PLANS FOR A VOTE ON
INFRASTRUCTURE.
BIDEN’S NEW SPENDING FRAMEWORK
INCLUDES $555 BILLION FOR
CLIMATE INVESTMENTS, INCLUDES
FREE PRESCHOOL AND A ONE YEAR
EXTENSION OF THE CHILD TAX
CREDIT.
BUT IT LEAVES OUT THE
PROGRESSIVE BACKED PAID FAMILY
LEAVE.
NOW THE PRESIDENT JUST ARRIVED
AT THE VATICAN IN ROME THIS
MORNING.
HE’LL FACE WORLD LEADERS WITH NO
DEAL ON HIS SPENDING PACKAGE OR
HIS INFRASTRUCTURE PACKAGE.
JOINING ME RIGHT NOW IS NEW YORK
CONGRESSWOMAN CLAUDIA TENNEY, A
MEMBER OF THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS
AND SMALL BUSINESS COMMITTEES.
ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO SEE YOU.
WHAT’S THE IMPACT HERE?
CLEARLY YESTERDAY THERE WAS ALL
THIS SMOKE AND MIRRORS.
THE PRESIDENT GOING TO A PODIUM
AND SAYING EVERYBODY DIDN’T GET
WHAT THEY WANTED AS IF THERE WAS
A DEAL.
THEY’RE TALKING ABOUT A
FRAMEWORK AS IF THE THERE WAS AN
AGREEMENT.
THERE WAS NO AGREEMENT
YESTERDAY.
>> WELL, ABSOLUTELY.
HE’S DOING DAMAGE CONTROL.
THEY’RE SPENDING MIXED MESSAGES,
AND MIXED MASK MESSAGE AS.
SOME PEOPLE HAVE MASKS, SOME
DON’T.
THE SAM SAME KIND OF MESSAGING W
GETTING FROM THE DEMOCRATS.
I’M GRATEFUL THE DEAL DID NOT
PASS.
EVEN THE SCALED DOWN VERSION OF
THE RECONCILIATION PACKAGE IS
VERY DANGEROUS AND THE
INFRASTRUCTURE PACKAGE WHICH I
CANNOT UNDERSTAND HOW ANY
REPUBLICAN IS SUPPORTING THIS
PACKAGE, IT IS A DISASTER.
IT’S ABOUT IMPLEMENTING THE
GREEN NEW DEAL, PUTTING THE
FRAMEWORK IN PLACE FOR THE GREBE
NEW DEAL AND -- GREEN NEW DEAL
AND IT’S A MATTER OF INSERTING
THE MONEY LATER.
I’M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
WE HAVE PAID FAMILY LEAVE IN NEW
YORK.
WHAT THEY WANT TO DO IS
COMPLETELY TURN THIS OVER INTO A
FEDERAL PROGRAM.
SO FEDERALIZING EVERYTHING.
AND THERE’S A LITTLE BIT THAT
SAYS GREAT, THERE’S BROADBAND IN
THERE.
THAT’S SOMETHING WE CAN SUPPORT
IN OUR AREA AFTER THE PANDEMIC,
WE KNEW WE NEEDED IT FOR
TELEHEALTH, FOR CHILDREN GETTING
TO SCHOOL, FOR CONNECTIVITY FOR
OUR RURAL AREAS.
BUT GUESS WHAT?
PETE BUTTIGIEG, SECRETARY OF
TRANSPORTATION, HE GETS TO MAKE
ALL THE DECISIONS ABOUT WHERE
OUR RURAL BROADBAND GOES.
AND THAT’S ALL GOING TO BE
POLITICALLY CHARGED FROM A
PARTISAN, WHO IS SUPPOSED TO BE
IN WASHINGTON, I GUESSESES THERE
VIRTUALLY.
I’M NOT SURE IF HE’S BACK.
THIS IS THE PROBLEM.
IT’S ALL FEDERALIZATION OF OUR
COMMUNITIES AND OUR STATE AND WE
HAVE NO POWER LEFT.
IT’S THE CENTRAL THEME,
CENTRALIZED THEME BUT JUST
BECAUSE THEY SCALED DOWN THE
MONEY AND THERE’S NOTHING FOR
THE WALL AND THE INTEREST IN
MAINTAINING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE
AND WHAT’S HAPPENING AT THE
BORDER WHICH IS PROBABLY ONE OF
THE TOP ISSUES THAT A GETS
RAISED WITH HE ME IN MY AREA.
WE ARE A BORDER STATE, NEW YORK
HAS A NORTHERN BORDER.
MARIA: THAT’S RIGHT.
AND YOU’RE SEEING MIGRANTS COME
INTO HOUSTON, THEY GET TO THE
BORDER, THEY HE GET A GET-AWAY
CAR TO HOUSTON AND THEY GO
EVERYWHERE, INCLUDING NEW YORK,
MIAMI.
I’M GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP THE
IMMIGRATION PART OF THIS.
NOW THE ADMINISTRATION IS
CONSIDERING PAYING ILLEGAL
IMMIGRANT FAMILIES SEPARATED AT
THE SOUTHERN BORDER $450,000 PER
PERSON.
I MEAN, THIS IS MIND BOGGLING.
THEY’RE USING OUR TAXPAYER
DOLLARS TO ACTUALLY PAY ILLEGALS
A BILLION DOLLARS PER COUPLE.
WHY PAY -- IMAGINE OH, GO BREAK
THE LAW, GO TO THE BORDER,
BREACH THE BORDER, JUMP THE
LINE, YOU JUST COMMITTED A CRIME
AND WE’LL GIVE YOU A BILLION
DOLLARS, YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND.
>> YEAH.
THINK ABOUT THIS.
LIKE I OPPOSE REPARATIONS
BECAUSE IT’S IMPOSSIBLE TO
DETERMINE WHO IS GOING TO GET
THE MONEY, HOW MUCH THEY’RE OWED
AND WE HAVE A FORM OF
REPARATIONS WITH OUR NATIVE
AMERICAN TRIBES.
THEY’RE GETTING ALL KINDS OF
MONEY.
WE CAN IDENTIFY THE PEOPLE WHO
WERE AGRIEVED OR THE DIFFERENT
TRIBES.
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DECIDE WHO
GETS MONEY, WHO IS AGRIEVED AND
THEY’RE NONCITIZENS AND THEIR
FIRST ACT COMING ACROSS THE
BORDER WAS TO COME ACROSS HE’LL
ILLEGALLY AND BREAK OUR LAWS.
WHAT ABOUT THE, I THINK THERE
ARE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WAITING
IN LINE TO GET INTO OUR COUNTRY
LEGALLY, WHAT ABOUT THOSE
PEOPLE?
WHAT KIND OF MESSAGE ARE WE
SPENDING?
AGAIN, NO RESPECT TO THE U.S.
TAXPAYER.
WHO IS GOING TO PAY FOR THIS?
THIS INFRASTRUCTURE BILL EVEN
SCALED DOWN IS STILL ALMOST -- I
THINK IT’S STILL LARGER THAN
ROOSEVELT’S NEW DEAL WHICH WAS
ENORMOUS AND THEN I JUST AM A
NOT FOOLED BY -- WE’VE NEVER HAD
INFRASTRUCTURE AND WE DON’T NEED
INFRASTRUCTURE.
IF YOU LOOK BACK AT
APPROPRIATIONS OVER THE YEARS,
THERE IS INFRASTRUCTURE FOR
VARIOUS THINGS IN JUST ABOUT
EVERY APPROPRIATIONS BILL WE DO.
WE BUILD BASES.
WE BUILD -- WE DO WATER AND ROAD
PROJECTS.
WE’VE BEEN DOING INFRASTRUCTURE
FOR YEARS.
JUST NOT IN A MASSIVE SCALE AND
THEN WITH THE LANGUAGE THAT IS
PUT IN HERE TO MOVE ALL OF OUR
CONTROL TO THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT AND TO PARTISANS IN
WASHINGTON, AWAY FROM OUR LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS AND OUR STATES.
THAT’S THE MOST DANGEROUS THING
ABOUT THIS BILL.
ONCE YOU PUT IT IN PLACE, YOU’RE
NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO END IT.
MARIA: IT’S REALLY HARD TO
THINK THAT THEY TRULY CARE ABOUT
TAXPAYER MONEY.
I MEAN, THEY DON’T CARE ABOUT
OUR MONEY BECAUSE IT’S EVIDENCED
BY THE FACT THAT, NUMBER ONE,
THEY LEFT HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS
OF DOLLARS ON THE GROUND AND
CANCELED ALL THE REMAINING
BORDER CONTRACTS, EVEN THOUGH
THE BORDER CONSTRUCTION
CONTRACTS WERE PAID FOR SO
THAT’S WASTED MONEY.
$86 BILLION OF WASTED MONEY
LEAVING $86 BILLION ON THE FLOOR
IN AFGHANISTAN.
AND OF COURSE THE TAX INCREASES
AND HOW ABOUT THOSE FLIGHTS,
RIGHT, DROPPING ILLEGALS OFF
FROM PRIVATE JETS TO PRIVATE
AIRPORTS IN YOUR STATE, NEW
YORK, AND WESTCHESTER.
TAXPAYERS ARE PAYING FOR THAT.
SO IT’S VERY HARD TO BELIEVE
THAT THEY CARE ABOUT OUR MONEY
WITH ALL OF THIS.
VERY QUICKLY, WE’VE GOT TO JUMP.
DO YOU THINK THE CHANCES THAT
NOTHING GETS DONE JUST ROSE?
>> I THINK THAT IS GOING TO -- I
THINK WE’RE GOING TO DO -- WE
DID A CONTINUING RESOLUTION
YESTERDAY ON TRANSPORTATION
YESTERDAY.
I THINK YOU’LL SEE US DO THAT
AGAIN.
I HOPE THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE
A DEAL.
I JUST DON’T THINK THERE’S
ANYTHING THAT I CAN POSSIBLY
VOTE FOR BASED ON THE MECHANICS
AND THE STRUCTURE OF THIS BILL.
WE’LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
I HOPE REPUBLICANS STICK
TOGETHER.
THIS IS NOT A GOOD BILL EVEN FOR
MODERATES, NOT EVEN MODERATE
DEMOCRATS.
WE’RE ALL WAITING ON SENATOR
SINEMA AND SENATOR MANCHIN.
LET’S HOPE THEY HOLD THE LINE.
RIGHT NOW, THESE PEOPLE ARE THE
TAIL WAGGING THE DOG, THE
PROGRESSIVES.
THE SPEAKER WAS SPEAKING FROM
HER PULPIT YESTERDAY.
MARIA: 11% INFRASTRUCTURE,