just said that we have to be bigger than roads and bridges. i have a feeling that people will, america, will care about roads and bridges, they care about clean drinking water. broadband. you want telehealth, broadband. that is an agenda that is important for everybody. is society changing? does it make us a more fair country? no. but does it make the country work and does it help people get to work, get to school, make things work better? absolutely. that s not the only thing we need to do but that is an important element in speaking to all americans. now, i do think that rural americans also care about the child of child care. and they also care about how expensive their health care is. why aren t we spreading that message into rural america. if we get the build back better agenda done, we need to. those are programs that will directly put money in the pockets of americans in rural
can you hear me there? now i got you, you re back. okay. so hopefully you heard me talk about everything. yes, you got to medicare. i m glad that we re recreating the daily nightmare experience of everyone s lives over the last year and a half. here on our tv show, but yes, i did hear you get to medicare. okay. great, so now here s the two bills, one is a small bill and it s bipartisan, it s the easy stuff to do, and then there s another bill that has the majority of the democratic agenda in there. they took five months to negotiate that infrastructure bill, that smaller bill, and now we need to get this build back better agenda done, so the only way that that bipartisan bill was going to pass the senate is because 11 progressive senators including the one that you just had on, our friend elizabeth warren voted for the bipartisan bill under the promise and the commitment that if they passed that bill this the senate that
make things happen on the hill. garrett haake and peter alexander, thank you. i m joined by congressman mark pocan. you represent the madison area. i take it you are not interested in just saying no to this bipartisan infrastructure bill on thursday. what do you need to get to yes on thursday? chuck, thanks for having me on. i mean, we have said all along we have the president s back on his build back better agenda. we wanted to get those big ideas like child care, universal child care and expansion of medicare and paid family leave and all those big ideas that are part of the build back better part, not just the infrastructure part and the only way you can ensure you get both, especially given a couple senators comments is to have both bills go up at the same time. we look at what we re doing as trying to get the totality of the president s agenda done, if
on the show we know you d be game for anything. pete: i went into the dunk tank. you guys just missed your opportunity to did you think me. abby: cory, great to have you on this morning. happy sunday. we want to get your take off the top. one week now in the books. you ve got a new man in charge of the white house, general john kelly. are we already seeing a difference? we re absolutely seeing a difference. seeing a difference with the staff, with the uniformity of the staff. it s been widely reported that they put their country first, they put their country next and their own ambition third, and if anybody doesn t follow that rule i think general kelly has been very sure about the fact that he has the full authority of the president to dismiss any staff that isn t willing to follow the president s agenda. i think the notion inside the white house is there is new leadership there, the staff is excited, they re energized, they re focused on getting the president s agenda done, and thi
chuck. what i would say is obviously the president has a very aggressive legislative agenda. repeal and replace of obamacare was at the top of the list. we re now moving to tax reform. we can double middle class deductions and cut taxes on small businesses. look, what you ve got with general kelly coming in is someone who s bringing a fresh perspective, very important, and an opportunity to communicate the president s agenda to the staff inside the white house and work closely with those members of congress and the u.s. senate who want to get the president s agenda done, including building the wall on the southern border. i think the general should relook at firing richard cordray, a person all but running for governor in the state of ohio and he s sitting in federal office right now. i think this general as the chief of staff is going to come in and put a fresh set of eyes on the inner workings of the white house and making sure the president s agenda moves. i have to say, corey, th