Vote the Vice President on this yeet the yeahs are 50. The nays are 50. The Vice President votes in the affirmative and the motion is agreed to. Pursuant to Senate Resolution 27, and the motion to discharge having been agreed to, the nomination will be placed on the executive calendar. Thank you. Mr. Portman mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from ohio. Mr. Portman mr. President , i welcome the Vice President , the president of the senate to our chamber this evening. Im here this evening to discuss the infrastructure plan thats been proposed by President Biden and the plan along with it for massive tax increases. The biden infrastructure plan totals a 2. 3 trillion but only 20 of it actually goes toward funding anything that members of either party have ever considered infrastructure. I support more Infrastructure Investment as do, i believe, most if not all of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle. The question is, what is infrastructure and how do you pay for it . R
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Walensky continues to push for the unvaccinated to get their first shots. She also said today shes not surprised that so many people are hold out because of How Misinformation has actually crept in. I do think if we had Community Health workers in so many communities that have been vaccine hesitant now, that have been checking diabetes and checking Blood Pressure control and doing all of those things when it came time to vaccinate, it would have been a nobrainer, they would have easily been able to convince their communities to get vaccinated. They have been trusted health providers. So the u. S. Is finally seeing a drop this cases, about 10 nationwide. Thats the good news. But not in many lower vaccinated places like nebraska who are rationing care. In tennessee, officials have given one of the most effective covid treatments only to unvaccinated patients and those who are immunocompromised. Were talking about monoclonal antibodies. Theyve chosen to give it to only unvaccinated patien
Report released today figure in . Reporter well, it complicates the figure that theyre trying to paint. Because, yes, there are several signs that the economy is recovering. Those are the big, strong indicators that the white house is trying to point to, but they also have to grapple with the fact that people are paying more at the pump, at the grocery store, and those Inflation Concerns that weve seen people say is now one of their number one concerns when it comes to the national outlook, is of course, a priority that the white house is trying to address. With prices at their highest point in nearly 40 years, President Biden is predicting its, quote, the peak of the crisis. But inflation is affecting peoples lives. Reporter inflation reached its highest point in november since 1982, when Ronald Reagan was in office and joe biden was a senator from delaware. Tonight, President Biden is pointing to other signs that the economy is recovering. Every other aspect of the economy is racing
Consumer prices, up 6. 8 this year. And that is the fastest pace since 1982. That, of course, is back when Ronald Reagan was first coming into office. Just to give you a look at what this means, okay, got a lot of things on the screen. Let me just highlight a few. Egg prices, up 8 . Steak, 25 used cars, if you can get one, 31 . Gas, just over 58 . And today, President Biden acknowledging the problem. But saying that he thinks its the, quote, peak of the crisis. Its a real bump in the road. It does affect families. When you walk in the Grocery Store and you are paying more for whatever youre purchasing, it matters. It matters to people. When you are paying more for gas, although in some states, we have got the price down below 3 bucks a gallon but the point is its not gone down quickly enough. But i think it will. Right. Now, when it comes to gas, right, i mentioned up 58 , so far this year. It has dropped, though, from its peak. Down 2. 4 from its november high. So there is a small bit