a criticism that, you know, the obama administration maybe didn t do enough to settle and explain and talk about their stimulus efforts and want to make sure that people around the country really know what s in the bill, know what s coming and the kind of impact it s having. there s a conversation that we ll watch how it plays outside of washington. do the additional benefits help people. they showed up at their briefing wearing masks and trying to make the case, the republican argument that the biden administration is not pushing aggressively enough there. you see follow the science, not the unions, the biden administration is pushing schools to open and a president can only do so much. local school districts make these decisions, mayors make them but the politics there and listen to the different perspectives from a top democrat and top republican on what this covid relief package is. the american rescue plan is transformative. it will comprehensively and compassiona
national commitment, he joined the climate accord. and one big question is is the u.s. going to follow those through, even though we re so politically divided back here at home. president biden hasn t managed to pass his legislative framework but he comes with, look, a major investment in climate, $550 billion. this is a commitment of the u.s. that we haven t seen before. that is going to be, i think, a crucial thing because between them china and united states have up to 40% of the world s emissions. these are the crucial questions. it s not what everybody does. it s what the united states and china do together. so, i think this is probably the biggest long-term challenge for the biden pressey. and it s interesting, susan, after president biden is in scotland for this climate summit the former president of the united states, i m not talking about trump, i m talking about president obama, he will be in scotland also addressing this
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