point this month, but president biden has also acknowledged some of the frustrations with these testing shortages that have been seen across the country. and yesterday he offered this assessment on whether covid is here to stay for the long haul in the united states. no, i don t think covid is here to stay. having covid in the environment here and in the world is probably here to stay, but covid as we re dealing with it now is not here to stay. the new normal doesn t have to be we have so many more tools we re developing. reporter: so of course this is one of those key challenges facing the biden administration as so much of president biden s legacy and performance as president will depend on how he confronts this virus. fred? all right. arlette saenz at the white house, thanks so much. all right. joining us right now new york congressman jamal bowman, he is a former educator who serves as the vice chair on the house committee on education and labor. congressman, so good to s
democracy does not sleep. jenna griswald, secretary of state of colorado. joining me now is democratic congressman jamal bowman, he represents new york s 16th congressional district. he s a member of the house committee on education and labor. congressman, it s always a pleasure to see you so early in the morning. liz, you got a calm extra hours of sleep, because we re in the same time zone. but i want to start with what secretary griswald was just say. we have fires on every front when it comes to securing democracy, on the right to vote, on the spreading of the big lie, on the january 6th stuff. and now as secretary griswald was talking about, we know that in september, there were incidents in colorado, now in ohio, we re hearing about them in michigan, where there are election officials who are perpetrating nonsense, who are fiddling with machines, who are inserting hard drives and taking out information, both to prove nonexistent fraud and to continue to undermine our faith in our
the. this is legislation that creates millions of good paying jobs, gives tax cuts to the middle class, lowers costs especially health care costs and child care costs for the million dollars class and is paid for 100%. and joining new know is a member of the house committee on education and labor. so happy to have you here. i m sure that you are happy that the house has passed this bill. i have to ask though, there has been a couple false starts here. are you confident that this bill will become law by the end of the year? i m hopeful. i m confident. i understand how the senate has been working for several months. but today is a day of celebration to make sure that the american people understand exactly what is in this bill. i mean, i m a former educator so i m focused on how this bill invests in our children, particularly our most vulnerable children, how it invested in public housing and climate and