literally chuck schumer with my right and bernie sanders to the left and other colleagues around the table to come forward that $3.5 trillion package that meets the moment from a climate change standpoint plus from a child care standpoint and from a resiliency of the grid standpoint, from some other areas. okay. so i do think that the process has momentum and we ll have the support of all 50 democrats in short order. i do hope so. one last question before i let you go, senator. as democrats are doing things in congress like trying to get immigration reform and voting rights and climate change action republicans like matt gaetz and marjorie taylor greene are continuing their road show of protesting and counterprotesting outside their event in riverside in your state of california. yesterday it led to a confrontation. we saw it all over social media. you have these america first far right gop members of congress riling up people, provoking scenes like that far from their own homes
infrastructure package. we knew most of us knew that that wasn t going to be enough, and as a member of the budget committee for, you know, days and days and hours on end, literally chuck schumer with my right and bernie sanders to the left and other colleagues around the table to come forward that $3.5 trillion package that meets the moment from a climate change standpoint plus from a child care standpoint and from a kthastee rs mthe grid la the ioa om a a standpoint, you know, for so many other areas. we ll have the support of all 50 democrats in short order. okay. i do hope so.ats one last question before i let you go, senator. as democrats are doing things in congress like trying to get immigration reform and voting rights and climate change actioc republicans like matt gaetz ands marjorie taylor greene are continuing their road show, protesting and counterprotesting outside their event in riverside in your state of california. yesterday it led to a confrontation. we saw it all
confrontation. we saw it all over social media. you have these america first far right gop members of congress riling up people, provoking scenes like that far from their own homes and then you have senate democrats often extolling the virtues of working with republicans, of bipartisanship. i wonder, senator, do you see how weird that looks to a lot of americans, the disconnect? is your party in denial about what the gop has become? yeah. look, i think there s let me be clear about this. clearly trump is gone. he s no longer in the white house but trumpism is still alive and well, whether you see it in the hallways of congress, in the house and senate chambers or in events like you just pointed out in riverside this weekend. it is taking its toll, its impact on the policy-making process. in congress, most of the american public would ideally like to see bipartisan agreement and we ve got to try. the difference is we can t wait,