the other big deal being debated in congress is a lot harder. speaker nancy pelosi says she hopes the house will pass the build back better act this week, and majority leader chuck schumer says he wants it on the floor of the summit by christmas. standing in the way, though, are democrats waiting for a cost estimate expected to be released on friday. i think this boils down to why there s a group of individuals, myself included, who wanted to know the full scope of this bill in terms of what the cbo score is, what the bill costs before we take a vote. it s ensuring that we as legislators are making responsible, informed decisions. i think for many people that s not necessarily going to be a dealbreaker. they want it paid for. also standing in the way of a guy you think you may have heard too much about lately, senator joe manchin of west virginia. as if that were not enough, the president faces perilous headwinds on inflation, rising prices, and shortages for just about e
other critical infrastructure needs. this also represents themost significant investment passenger rail in 50 years of public transit ever. here in new hampshire, that means replacing about one third of the transit vehicles. what it means is you ll be safer and you go faerp and better money. this may create up to 2 million jobs extra a year and up to 16 million jobs nationwide, good paying jobs, union jobs, jobs you can raise a family on, jobs that can t be outsourced. they can make it easier for companies to get goods to market. reduce what you re experiencing now. i just had to convince the portses of long beach and lanch to stay open 7 days a week, 24 hours a day because they re back uncontainer ships and vessels for hundreds of miles and miles and miles. that s why we don t have things on the shelves. they re making products we re buying here in the united states of america, the products that go into the products we buy. folks, we re going to lower costs for you and your