american people. we got our hands on the playbook, our hands on a memo sent to chief of staff ron klain where really it was about we told you so, the message that this white house is going to go out and to america with is we kept our heads down and we focused on getting things done for the american people, we didn t focus on the shiny fights, we got the politics right and we got the policy right. and they have been looking for a really good story to tell the american people as they head into midterms an senior white house advisers have told us for months that it was up to them to figure out what that story is. and this is what the story is. in almost $3.5 trillion addendum in about 15 months you have $1.9 trillion for the american recovery act. you have the infrastructure bill that was $550 billion, chips and science act, $280 billion and inflation, this reconciliation bill $700 billion.
opportunity for efficient appliances so they can save money. we re looking at efficient, clean car technologies that they can now be able to afford. this is just a remarkable plethora of good news for our communities. all right. now let s get the take from the other side. joining me now, former trump white house communications director alyssa farah griffin, and former trump campaign director david urban. president biden has been racking up wins, the american recovery act or covid stimulus package, nearly $2 trillion. infrastructure and jobs act, $550 billion. chips and science act, $280 billion, and now what democrats are calling the inflation reduction act, which is expected to raise $700 billion in government revenue. now, david, first to you. you may not like what is in some of these bills, but would you concede that president biden is one of the most legislatively successful presidents in modern
executive actions of the things he can do without waiting for the politicians, who are still falling behind on this issue. it is some money, it will provide some funds to deal with the impacts of climate change that we can no longer avoid, but a lot more is going to be needed. you mentioned the legislation, which has been thwarted. i mean, the build back better was a $550 billion bill, wasn t it? but he could have declared a climate emergency, and that would have opened up other revenues, wouldn t it? yes, that s right. the funds he is allocating now come from the infrastructure bill that was previously passed, that provides money for a lot of different things, not explicitly climate change, that is where that funding comes from. he could have declared a climate emergency, and he may still, that would give him more power to free up additionalfunds, under something we call the defence production act, for the national defence.
landmark suite of climate investment, somewhere between 350 and 550 billion dollars, thatis 350 and 550 billion dollars, that is a lot of money and it will bring jobs to the united states in clean energy manufacturing. just last week, the senator from west virginia walked away from the negotiating table, despite the fact there was a lot in the package that would have helped the people of west virginia transition towards clean energy jobs. today than biden has tried to move forward with that. i tried to move forward with that. ~ ., , . that. i know there is so much olitics that. i know there is so much politics involved that. i know there is so much politics involved in that. i know there is so much politics involved in this, - politics involved in this, particularly as we headed to the midterm elections but i want to focus on today s announcement from president biden. is this new money that we are getting and doesn t go far enough towards achieving the us climate ambitions? you can
democrat, i m afraid. so he has been false to take these executive actions of the things you can do without waiting for the politicians, who are still falling behind on this issue. it is some money, it will provide some funds to deal with the impacts of climate change that we can no longer avoid, but a lot more is going to be needed. ., ., needed. you mentioned the legislation. needed. you mentioned the legislation, which needed. you mentioned the legislation, which has - needed. you mentioned the legislation, which has been| legislation, which has been thwarted. i mean, the build back better was a $550 billion bill, wasn t it? but he could have declared a climate emergency, and that would have opened up other revenues, wouldn t it? opened up other revenues, wouldn t it? opened up other revenues, wouldn t it? yes, that s right. the funds wouldn t it? yes, that s right. the funds he wouldn t it? yes, that s right. the funds he is wouldn t it? yes, that s right. the funds he i