Great questions from our audience. We wanted to get into the details of what youre calling the build back better plan. Before we get into that, though, i just want to know, theres been a lot of negotiating going on behind the scenes, as im sure you are very involved with. Are you close to a done deal . No problems. All done. No, look, anderson, weve been ive probably spent well over 100 hours. This is a big deal. We have two plans. One is the Infrastructure Plan, roads, highway, bridges, buses, trains, et cetera. And the other one is what i call the care economy. It has a lot of money in there for Environmental Remediation as well as care economy. For example, you know, we want to get the economy moving but millions of women cant go to work because they dont have any child care. That kind of thing. So theres a lot of pieces in there. Theres a lot that people dont understand. And by the way, all this paid for. Every single penny. Its not going to raise one single cent. Were going to get
In decades. Democratic leaders have less than two weeks to meet the new deadline that they themselves have said to agree on this sweeping plan. For weeks theyve been struggling to reach a deal. The stakes are certainly high for the president , for his party and for the nation. Tonight President Biden will take questions about his agenda directly from voters here in baltimore. Everyone in this audience is vaccinated and masked per local regulations except when questioning the president. Ive been vaccinated as well, tested multiple times for covid in the past week, including today. So with that i want to welcome the 46th president of the United States, President Joe Biden. [ cheers and applause ] good to see you. So theres a lot to get to tonight, and weve got a lot of Great Questions from our audience. We wanted to get into the details of what youre calling the build back better plan. Before we get into that, though, i just want to know, theres been a lot of negotiating going on behind