the wealthy, the well off, and the wall connected. i expect that we will hear from our speaker nancy pelosi, to close out the debate. and then, we will proceed to vote. this is a great week for the american people. a great week for the economy. and a great week for joe biden and the democratic build back better agenda. we started the week by president biden s signing, the bipartisan infrastructure agreement. we are going to fix our crumbling bridges, roads, mass transportation systems, ensure access to high speed internet, all across the country, and we are ending the week by passing the historic build back better act that is going to create millions of good paying jobs. it is going to cut taxes for working families. and we are going to lower cost for everyday americans as well. it seems like the action really speed it up today when the cbo reported. and it seems like this report coupled with the treasury s analysis about how much revenue
of the tax cheats, well off and well connected, i expect that we ll hear from our speaker, nancy pelosi, to close out the debate, and then we will proceed to vote. this is a great week for the american people. a great week for the economy. and a great week for joe biden and the democratic build back better agenda. we started the week by president biden signing the bipartisan infrastructure agreement. we re going to fix our crumbling bridges, roads, tunnels, airports, mass transportation system, ensure access to high speed internet all across the country, and we re ending the week by passing the historic build back better act that s going to create millions of good paying jobs, cut taxes for working families, and we re going to lower costs for every day americans as well. it seems like the action really speeded up today when the cbo report came out, and it seems as though this report coupled with the treasuries analysis about how much revenue
it looks like we re on track for a similar kind of drama in december. in the meantime, will you be able to put the infrastructure package together, in a reconciliation package, they could also include a debt ceiling extension or expansion. so you wouldn t have to go through this again? well, we will have to have that discussion in terms of whether that s the appropriate way to go. or whether we can deal with it, in conjunction, of making the full spending bill to keep the government open on december 3rd, and moving forward. in the interim, we ve got to get the infrastructure agreement over the finish line, fix our crumbling bridges, roads, tunnels, or mad travelers since them, at the same time make the type of investments in childcare and home care, and health care. expanding access to medicaid. making sure we deal with a crime crisis, and green are climate economy. that s what s in front of us
closing of this and he s not saying what his position or numbers are? well, the senate sent over to us both the bipartisan infrastructure agreement, which is important in terms of fixing our crumbling bridges, roads, tunnels, airports, mass transit system. it s a downpayment in that regard, but more needs to be done, and they also sent over to us the $3.5 trillion build back better act framework through reconciliation. and there was a broad understanding that we were going to proceed on parallel tracks because we need to decisively deal with the issues confronting the american people, including cutting taxes for middle class families and working families, which is what the build back better act is all about. creating millions of good paying jobs, particularly in areas like health care and home care and elder care and child care, and also lowering costs for everyday americans. and so we re prepared to move on the house side of the equation,
infrastructure bill this week if the budget deal isn t also brought, that much larger spending deal isn t also brought to the floor. what s your sense on that? are you going to be joining your fellow progressives in balking if you don t get everything you want here? well, we re scheduled to have a caucus meeting tomorrow at 5:30, which will continue the family discussion that we ve been having as to the best pathway forward to get both the bipartisan infrastructure agreement over the finish line along with the build back better act. we ve always maintained from the very beginning that they re going to proceed on parallel tracks because it s necessary both to fix our crumbling bridges, roads, tunnels, our parents, our mass transportation systems to ensure that everyone across the country has access to high-speed internet, and at the same time make sure we re lowering the cost of health care and child care, creating and