but it was very clear that biden is saying we got to get this done or we re done for. and i think the congresswoman knows that. i think joe manchin knows that. i think the president set out the parameters, and that s what they re working with. and now, they have to go back to the drawing boards and they don t have a fake deadline. they can get it done behind closed doors, and then come out with something that they all agree with. and now, joe biden is going out next week and he is going to try and sell this plan. he s going to tell people what s in it. so if you want to lower your prescription-drug benefits, here you are. this is for you. if you want, you know, childcare, if you want all kinds of things, we are going to tell you what s in this bill now because there are a lot of folks in the white house who believe that barack obama did not do that enough on the affordable care act, for example. and they want to make sure biden is out there. he always says to people who work for him, l
infrastructure bill, which is also important. we support roads and bridges. but it s no good to have roads and bridges if people don t have childcare to be able to get to work. if people don t have healthcare to be able to actually engage in society. and so, what we have achieved tonight is agreement that the two will move, together. that one is not going to pass without the other. the president said that multiple times today. and that we will negotiate as a united democratic party to get to a place where both can pass. and where the president can sign this agenda into law. the agenda he ran on, the agenda we ran on. i think it was dana bash was on the program after you spoke last night and one of the things she said is with senator manchin, that many of the things you are are really focused on and really want in this. and other progressives do. would actually benefit a lot of people in his state of west virginia. but some of those people have an ideological sort of point of
and 3.5 was our number. it s, you know, you are willing to negotiate. what is it specifics you want to hear from from sinema and and manchin? is it a you know, he had given the 1, 1.5 number or, you know, a while ago to dana bash of cnn. what do you want is it specifics you need to hear? well, i don t think that s the number. i mean, that s not going to be acceptable to us. this is a negotiation. and so, we need to figure out how we are going to get to a number that we can all agree on. but the key thing we were fighting for, anderson, which we feel so proud about tonight is we were not going to leave behind families who need childcare, who need paid leave. people who need affordable housing. people who are committed to delivering real results on climate change. and we are not going to leave behind immigration. i mean, these were the five priorities of the cpc that are in the build back better agenda the build back better act, i should say. and there was this push to try
view which is, well, it s too much government. i don t want that kind of level of government and obviously and and also deficits. what do you say to to that to that argument? well, the polling, anderson, in both republican and democratic and independent districts is excellent on all the components of the build back better act. the the reality is that it would benefit a lot of people in west virginia and arizona and across our states. and people know that, and they support it. they want affordable childcare when they can t get it right now. they want paid leave. 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave. that is something that all other developed countries do but we don t. that s in the build back better act. they want housing. they want they really want us to take on climate change. i mean, people understand this. yeah. and so, making sure that we have a real plan when the president goes to c.o.p. in a little bit and has to say to the world, the united states is going