reconciliation, for the president to really weigh in, and you know, ultimately we re delivering on the president s agenda. i mean, the build back bet ear gen da is not some crazy agenda just a few people support. it s the vast majority of the democratic caucus and there s a few people in the house and a couple in the senate who aren t quite there yet but even moderates in front line districts all support this build back bet ear gen da. just to clarify, you don t think there s going to be a vote tomorrow. either way, you re looking for an agreement on the reconciliation, not necessarily a vote first when it comes to infrastructure? it s just the longistics of it, right? everything has to be done. there has to be kind of an ironclad you guys close to that at all, an agreement? well we re finally talking which is important, because that hasn t been happening for the last couple of months. pelosi says it s going to happen this week. is that realistic? we want to have it happe
we have to be able to deliver the american dream for everyone, and that emotion of the story was a beautiful thing, actually. i hope we never stop feeling the emotion of why we re here and why it s important to do what we re doing. but it was a lovely moment and you know, the president also sheds tears when he tells stories, and it s one of the beautiful things about him is the compassion and i felt like we shared that moment, because i know from talking to him before that he also identifies with the immigrant experience of his ancestors, you know, the previous generations. so it was wonderful, and you know, i find it just a wonderful thing that we re able to kind of say what drives us to do this. this isn t just about numbers. this is about real people getting opportunity and transforming their lives. it is a great country. it is a great country, exactly. it was a beautiful thing. it is a great country and look at you. thank you for being here. i appreciate it. thank you. i
it was important to you. well, yeah, actually i was batting cleanup, i was the last speaker. i was sitting closest to the president, so it was like this, literally this far apart, and i went through all my priorities for the progressive caucus, exactly all the things we had on the table, the agreements that had been made and at the end, i said mr. president, i want to tell you why this is so important and i told the story, jake, of coming to this country at 16 years old. my parents had nothing in their pockets. they sent me alone. i arrived alone with nothing in my pockets. from where? from india, because my parents for whatever reason believed that america was a place where i was going to be able to have a different kind of a life, an opportunity. and i did. i went to college. i went to graduate school. i went to nothing in my pockets at 16 by myself to sitting in the oval office with the president as the first south-asian-american woman in the house. and i said i had the ameri
to haiti, daniel foote resigned saying the biden a administration s decision to deport haitians was inmiu main and counterproductive. how do you respond to people who say that forcing migrants to return to a country that s dealing with political instability, widespread poverty, the aftermath of a devastating earthquake, a place that many of them haven t been in a decade, that that is immoral and that moreover, the biden administration continuing to implement trump-era policies that biden and others called immoral when running for president is also immoral? i respectfully disagree with the envoy s position, and let me say a few things, if i may, because this administration, the biden/harris administration has indeed rescinded the immoral, unethical and cruel policies, and we are rebuilding a system
ground. that sem bis ememblematic, thei commitment to the country and talent and tireless dedication to mission. i m incredibly proud to work alongside them. as you know, a lot of those agents on horseback, they re on horse because there are no roads in so many parts of the border and a lot of them have saved the lives of migrants trying to cross the river. the nice words you said about them, you should probably share with president biden, not just with me today. thank you so much for your time today, secretary mayorkas. jake, the president hase has echoed my sentiments many times to the men and women of cvp. thank you, sir. thank you. 6 million american jobs are on the line next month, and congress still needs to figure out a plan to save them. republican senator pat toomey of pennsylvania joins me next. and we said their names, people demanded action and congress came up short. democratic senator of cory booker of new jersey on the collapse of police reform,