OLDING THE GUN LEFT HANDED AND THIS IS A REQUIRE HANDED — >> THIS IS A CBS NEWS SPECIAL REPORT. GOOD AFTERNOON, I’M MAJOR GARRET IN WASHINGTON. PRESIDENT BIDEN IS ABOUT TO SIGN INTO LAW SWEEPING BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE BILL. THE $1.2 TRILLION PACKAGE COVERS A LOT: ROADS, BRIDGES, RAIL WAYS, AIRPORTS, BROAD BAND INTERNET AND SO MUCH MORE.
IT IS THE LARGEST INVESTMENT AMERICA’S INFRASTRUCTURE IN DECADES. HERE NOW ON THE SOUTH LAWN OF THE WHITE HOUSE, PRESIDENT BIDEN. >> CONVERSATION THAT’S PROFOUND AS THEY ARE ORDINARY. HOW DO I FIND WORK AND HOW DO I GET THERE? HOW CAN OUR SMALL BUSINESS THRIVE AND OUR CHILD SUCCEED IN SCHOOL OR HOW DO WE EMERGE FROM THIS PANDEMIC, NOT JUST A LITTLE BIT OF READING ROOM BUT WITH REAL FIGHTING CHANCE TO GET AHEAD.
WHEN WE RAN FOR PRESIDENT OF THE HELP MAYBE I THOUGHT I COULD HELP ANSWER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS FOR YOU AND THE NEEDS YOU HAVE. EVERY TIME I RIDE HOME ON AMTRAK, I’D GO THROUGH NORTH OR SOUTH OF BALTIMORE AND LOOKOUT AND GO THROUGH A SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD AND LOOK AT ALL THE LIGHTS ON IN THE WINDOWS AND LOOK AND WONDER WHAT ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT. I’M SERIOUS, SWEAR TO GOD. WHAT ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT AT THAT TABLE. WHAT ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT?
I TALKED ABOUT THINGS THAT I TALKED ABOUT AT OUR KITCHEN TABLE AND YOU AS WELL. THAT’S ABOUT HOW CAN WE COME TOGETHER TO BE PRESIDENT FOR ALL AMERICANS TO MAKE SURE OUR DEMOCRACY WORKS FOR ALL OF YOU AND I PROMISE WE COULDN’T JUST BUILD BACK TO WHAT IT WAS BEFORE AND WE LITERALLY HAD TO BUILD BACK BETTER AND WE’RE THE ONLY COUNTRY THAT’S COME OUT OF GREAT CRISES AND WE SEE YOU AND HEAR YOU.
THE BILL I’M ABOUT TO SIGN INTO LAW IT ONE THAT DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS CAN COME TOGETHER AND DELIVER RESULTS. WE CAN DO THIS. WE CAN DELIVER REAL RESULTS FOR REAL PEOPLE.
WE SEE IN WAYS THAT REALLY MATTER EACH AND EVERY DAY TO EACH PERSON OUT THERE. AND WE’RE TAKE AGO MONUMENTAL STEP FORWARD TO BUILD BACK BETTER AS A NATION. I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO HELPED MAKE THIS HAPPEN. VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AND CABINET MEMBERS AND MY WHITE HOUSE TEAM AND OUR FIRST LADY AND OUR SECOND HUSBAND. I’M JOKING.
THESE GUYS TRAVEL ALL OVER THE COUNTRY TOGETHER AND I’M GETTING WORRIED. DOUG’S ONE HE’LL OF A LAWYER BESIDE AND EVERYBODY FROM THE UNITED STATES SENATE AND SCHUMMER AND GROUP OF DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS ESTABLISHED THIS BIPARTISAN FRAME WORK INCLUDING REPRESENTATIVES AND ALL THE FOLKS YOU HEARD FROM. SENATOR ROB PORTMAN, WHO’S A REALLY HE’LL OF A GOOD GUY. RUE ONLY REASON I SAY IT TBU YOU ARE A HELL OF A GOOD GUY.
AND THE MOST PERMED WOMAN I KNOW, SENATOR SINEMA, CONGRATULATIONS SINEMA, COMMITTEE CHAIR RANKING MEMBER SHELLY MOORE CAPI TO AND MITCH McCONNELL FOR VOTING FOR THIS BILL AND TALKING ABOUT HOW USEFUL AND IMPORTANT IT IS.
AND FROM THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SPEAKER PELOSI, STENY HUHER, JIM CLYBURN, AND COME CHAIR PETE DEFAZIO DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS, PROGRESSIVES AND MODERATES I LIKE TO PAUSE AND ASK ALL THE MEMBERS, PLEASE STAND. CAN ALL OF YOU STAND, COME ON. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, TO STATE THE OBVIOUS, NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENEDDED WITHOUT ALL OF YOU. I REALLY MEAN IT.
AND ALSO TO THE GOVERNORS, WHERE ARE THE GOVERNORS? GOVERNORS, STAND UP, COME ON, I WANT YOU TO STAND UP. RED STATES, BLUE STATES, Y’ALL CONTACTED ME. Y’ALL SAID YOU WERE FOR. THIS Y’ALL STEPPED UP.
AND MORE THAN 375 MAYORS, DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS. FROM EVERY STATE AND DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, WROTE ME ASKING TO GET THIS DONE. YOU GO >> YOU GOT IT, KID. NEARLY 50 OF WHOM ARE HERE TODAY AND FROM FONTANA, CALIFORNIA, AND STATE AND TRIBAL LEADERS AS WELL.
FAITH LEADERS, LAW, THIS LAW WAS SUPPORTED BY BUSINESS GROUPS, THE U.
S. CHAMR OF COMMERCE, THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS, THE BUSINESS ROUND TABLE AND I WANT TO THANK ORGANIZED LABOR WHO UNDERSTANDS IT’S ABOUT JOBS AND YOU ALL STOOD UP. JOBS, JOBS, JOBS, JOBS, JOBS. SPECIAL THANKS TO THE AFLCIO, UNITED AUTO WORKERS, IBW. IRON WORKERS, PIPE FITTERS, AND THE BUILDING TRADES AND STEEL WORKERS.
WHO’D I LEAVE OUT? AND MY WIFE IS A MEMBER OF THE UNION NEA. I’M GOING TO GET IN TROUBLE. L SO MANY MORE. LOOK, FOLKS, FOR TOO LONG WE’VE TALKED ABOUT HAVING THE BEST ECONOMY IN THE WORLD.
WE’VE TALKED ABOUT ASSERTING AMERICAN LEADERSHIP AROUND THE WORLD WITH THE BEST AND THE SAFEST ROADS, RAILROADS, PORTS, AIRPORTS. HERE IN WASHINGTON, WE’VE HEARD COUNTLESS SPEECHES AND WHITE PAPERS FROM EXPERTS AND TODAY WE’RE FINALLY GETTING THIS DONE AND MY MESSAGE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IS THIS: AMERICA IS MOVING AGAIN AND YOUR LIVE IS GOING TO CHANGE FOR THE BETTER. E TOP– IF YOU LIVE IN ONE OF THE 10 MILLION HOMES OR YOU ARE A CHILD WHO ATTENDS ONE OF THE 400,000 SCHOOLS OR CHILD CARE CENTERS THAT STILL HAS LEAD PIPES IN THEM, YOU FACE A CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER IT TO YOUR CHILD’S HEALTH AND YOUR HEALTH NOW.
THIS LAW WILL START TO REPLACE 100 PERCENT OF THE NATION’S LEAD PIECHS IN SERVICE LINES SO EVERY AMERICAN, EVERY CHILD CAN EVERY AMERICAN, EVERY CHILD CAN TURN ON THE FAUCET AND DRINK CLEAN WATER AND TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PLUMBERS AND PIPE FITTERS ARE GOING TO GET WORK DONE AND PAYING JOBS. ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER IS ESSENTIAL AND ACCESS TO WATER AND ELECTRICITY AND WILL MAKE HIGH SPEED INTERNET AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE IN AMERICA IS URBAN AND RURAL AND MORE AND LAYING DOWN THE BROAD BAND LINES.
NO PARENT, NO PARENT — EXCUSE ME. NO PARENT SHOULD HAVE TO SIT IN THE PARKING LOT AT FAST FOOD RESTAURANT SO THEIR CHILD CAN USE THE INTERNET TO DO THEIR HOMEWORK. THAT’S OVER. FOLKS, IF I VISITED YOUR TOWN, I’M SURE YOU’D BE ABLE TO TELL ME WHERE THE MOST DANGEROUS INTERSECTION IN YOUR TOWN IS. THIS MAKES SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN ROADS AND BRIDGES AND IN PUBLIC TRANSIT EVER.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS YOU’RE GOING TO BE SAFER AND YOU’RE GOING TO GET THERE FASTER AND WE’LL HAVE A WHOLE HELL OF A LOT LESS POLLUTION IN THE AIR.
THE LAW WILL MODERNIZE OUR AIRPORTS AND MAKE GOODS TO MARKET AND REDUCE SUPPLY CHAIN AND COAST FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY IT’LL ALSO BUILD ON OUR RESILIENCE SO THAT THE NEXT STORM, SUPER STORM, DROUGHT, WILD FIRE, HURRICANE CAN BE DEALT WITH. LAST YEAR ALONE, THE UNITED STATES HAS A CONSEQUENCE OF THESE KIND OF EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS LOST $99 BILLION IN THE UNITED STATES ALONE IN DAMAGE. AFTER HURRICANE IDA, I SEE THE DISTINGUISHED GOVERNOR FROM LOUISIANA IS OVER THERE. I SAW HIM STAND UP.
I WENT DOWN TO SEE HIM. WE WENT THROUGH AND SAW ALL THE DAMAGE THERE. THEY HAD 179 MILES HOUR WINDS AT TOP SPEED. THEN I HEADED TO NEW YORK AND QUEENS AND NEW JERSEY AND MORE PEOPLE DIED THERE THAN IN THE HURRICANE. MORE PEOPLE DIED WITH THE FLOODING, RECORD WILD FIRES AND RAGE AND I WENT TO ID AND CALIFORNIA AND SAW IT.
MORE LAND IS BURNED TO THE GROUND THAN THE ENTIRE STATE OF NEW JERSEY OUT WEST. FOLKS, WALK THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND LOOK THE PEOPLE IN THE EYE IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES LIKE MANY OF YOU HAVE AND SEE THE DESPAIR AND HEART ACHE AND SO MANY OF YOU UNDERSTAND THEY’RE LIVING THROUGH IT AND THIS LAW BUILDS BACK BRIDGES AND WATER SYSTEM AND LEVIES AND BETTER AND STRONGER.
SO FEW AMERICANS WOULDN’T BE FLOODED OUT OF THEIR HOMES AND DAYS AND WEEKS HIT AND THIS BIPARTISAN LAW CREATE AS TRUE NATIONAL NETWORK AND YOU CAN CHARGE YOUR CAR HERE AND DRIVE ALL THE WAY TO CALIFORNIA NOT WORRYING ABOUT FINDING PLACES TO CREATE THOUSANDS OF JOBS AND DIESEL FUELS OUT OF THE BUSES. IT’S A BIG DEAL AND REWARD COMPANIES FOR PAYING GOOD WAGES AND FOR BUYING AMERICAN SOURCED PRODUCTS RIGHT NOW AND IT’LL HELP THE UNITED STATES EXPORT CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY TO THE WORLD AND TENS OF THOUSANDS OF MORE JOBS AND SO MUCH MORE IN THE LAW AND MOST OF ALI RAN FOR PRESIDENT BELIEVING IT WAS TIME TO REBUILD THE BACKBONE OF THE NATION AND I CHARACTERIZE AS WORKING PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE CLASS AND THEY’RE THE ONES THAT BILL THE COUNTRY AND TO REBUILD THE ECONOMY FROM THE BOTTOM UP AND MIDDLE OUT, THIS LAW DELIVERS ON THE LONG OVERDUE PROMISE AND CREATES BETTER JOBS FOR MILLIONS OF AMERICANS AND NO ONE EARNING LESS THAN $400,000 A YEAR WILL PAY A SINGLE PENNY IN FEDERAL TAXES BECAUSE OF IT.
IT DOES NOT INCLUDE AS WE DID THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE BILL, DOES NOT INCLUDE A SINGLE PENNY IN GAS TAX WHEN I REJECTED BECAUSE PEOPLE UNDER $400,000 WILL BE PAYING IT AND THIS LAW IS A BLUE COLLAR, BLUEPRINT AND MARKS AN INFLECTION POINT FOR THE NATION AND MOST OF THE 20th CENTURY WE LED BY SIGNIFICANT MARGIN AND INVESTED IN OURSELVES BUT SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY WE STOPPED INVESTING IN OURSELVES AND THE EDGE AS A NATION AND CHINA AND THE REST OF THE WORLD CATCHING UP AND OUR INFRASTRUCTURE WAS THE BEST IN THE WORLD AND WE RANKED 13th IN THE WORLD.
THAT’S ABOUT TO CHANGE. THINGS TURN AROUND IN A BIG WAY. FOR EXAMPLE, BECAUSE OF THIS LAW, NEXT YEAR IS THE FIRST YEAR IN 20 YEARS AMERICAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT GROWS FASTER THAN CHINAS AND WE’LL ONCE AGAIN HAVE THE BEST ROADS, BRIDGES, PORTS, AND AIRPORTS OVER THE NEXT DECADE AND WE’LL LEAD THE WORLD INTO THE 21st CENTURY WITH MODERN CARS AND TRUCKS AND TRANSIT SYSTEMS AND WE’LL DO THIS BY BUILDING AGAIN AND MOVING AGAIN.
FOLKS, TOO OFTEN IN WASHINGTON, WE DON’T GET THESE DONE BECAUSE WE INSIST ON GETTING EVERYTHING WE WANT, EVERYTHING. WITH THIS LAW, WE FOCUS ON GETTING THINGS DONE.
I RAN FOR PRESIDENT BECAUSE THE ONLY WAY TO MOVE THIS COUNTRY RWARD IN MY VIEW WAS THROUGH COMPROMISE AND CONSENSUS AND THAT’S HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS AND THAT’S AMERICAN DEMOCRACY AND SIGNING LAW AND WE MADE OUR DEMOCRACY DELIVERED FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND WE COMPROMISED AND REACHED A CONSENSUS AND NOW OUR FOCUS MOVES TO IMPLEMENTING INFRASTRUCTURE LAW THAT’S WITH SPEED AND WITH DISCIPLINE. I HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN DOING THAT AND WHEN I WAS VICE PRESIDENT I WAS GIVEN A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR NEARLY $900 BILLION AND DETERMINED LESS THAN TEN TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT WASTE WATER AND ABUSE AND HOW I LEARNED AND EARNED A NICKNAME SHERIFF JOE AND I MADE IT A POINT, EVERY SEDGE POINT WELL OVER A YEAR TO STAY ON TOP OF HOW THE MONEY WAS BEING USED AND I SPOKE WITHVER 160 MAYORS TWO, THREE TIMES SOMETIMES AND I SPOKE WITH COUNTY EXECUTIVES AND EVERY GOVERNOR SAVE ONE.
SHE COULD SEE ALASKA FROM HER PORT AND MONITOR WHAT WE’RE DOING AND HOW IT WAS BEING DONE. IT’S ONE OF THE MOST EFFICIENT IMPLEMENTATIONS IN PROGRAM HISTORY AND NOW WE OWE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO DO THE SAME THING AGAIN AND MAKE SURE EVERY PENNY IS SPENT WHERE IT’S SUPPOSED TO GO IN A TIMELY FASHION I ASKED THE FORMER MAYOR OF NEW ORLEANSS AND GOVERNOR OF LOUISIANA RICH LANDRY TO OVERSEE THIS RESPONSIBILITY. >> WE HAVE A HIGH OBLIGATION TO MAKE SURE THE MONEY IS USED WISELY AND WELL.
FOLKS, I’VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS DAY FOR ALLONGE TIME LIKE ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES AND TOMORROW I’LL BE TRAVELING TOEW HAMPSHIRE TO GET TO A BRIDGE AND THAT’S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT AND KEEPING IT MORE EFFICIENT AND IN WEDNESDAY I’LL BE IN DETROIT AND SEEING ME AND VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AND JILL AND CABINET OFFICIALS AND HOW THIS WILL TRANSFORM YOUR LAW FOR THE BETTER.
I WANT YOU TO FEEL WHAT I FEEL. PRIDE. PRIDE IS WHAT I FEEL WITH THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE BUILD BACK BETTER FOR THE PEOPLE AND GETTING FOLKS BACK TO WORK AND ELDER CARE AND HEALTHCARE AND PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AND MEETING THE MOMENT ON CLIMATE CHANGE. I’M CONFIDENT THAT THE HOUSE WILL PASS THIS BILL AND THEN WE’RE GOING TO HAVE TO PASS IT IN THE SENATE AND IT’S FULLY PAID FOR.
IT’LL REDUCE THE DEFICIT OVER LONG TERM AND AGAIN, NO ONE EARNING LESS THAN $400,000 WILL PAY A SINGLE PENNY MORE IN FEDERAL TAXES. MILLIONS OF LIVES CHANGED AND THROUGHOUT OUR HISTORY EVEN MERGED THROUGH CRISIS AND INVESTING IN OURSELVES DURING AND AFTER THE CIVIL WAR REFERENCED AND TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD AND IT AMERICA AND DURING THE COLD WAR WE BUILT THE HIGHWAY SYSTEM AND TRANSFORMING HOW AMERICA LIVED THEIR LIVES AND EMERGING FROM COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND BILGED THE ECONOMY FROM 291st CENTURY AND MET WITH THE LIST OF DEFINING AMERICA AND I SAID ABSOLUTELY.
IT’S THE GOD’S TRUTH. ABSOLUTELY. POSSIBILITIES.
POSSIBILITIES. THERE IS NO LIMIT TO WHAT OUR PEOPLE THINK WE CAN DO AND THERE’S NO LIMIT TO WHAT OUR NATION CAN DO. THERE’S NO ONE THING THAT I KNOW MORE THAN THIS. IT’S NEVER EVER BEEN A GOOD BET TO BET AGAINST THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. NEVER, NEVER, NEVER.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE NEVER EVER LET THIS NATION DOWN AND IT’S OUR JOB TO GIVE OUR PEOPLE THAT CHANCE AND IT’S OUR JOB TO COME TOGETHER AND MAKE SURE WE REMAIN A NATION OF POSSIBILITIES AS I LOOK OUT IN THE CROWD TODAY. I SEE DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS, NATIONAL LEADERS, LOCAL LEADERS, ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS, LABOR LEADERS, BUSINESS LEADERS, AND MOST OF ALL, I SEE FELLOW AMERICANS AND I SEE AMERICANS.
LET’S REMEMBER WHAT WE GOT DONE FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHEN WE DO COME TOGETHER. I TRULY BELIEVE THAT 50 YEARS FROM NOW, HISTORIANS WILL LOOK BACK AND SAY THAT’S THE MOMENT AMERICA BEGAN TO WIN THE COMPETITION OF THE 21st CENTURY SO WITH CONFIDENCE, OPTIMISM, VISION AND FAITH IN EACH OTHER, LET’S BELIEVE IN POSSIBILITIES. LET’S BELIEVE IN ONE ANOTHER, AND LET’S BELIEVE IN AMERICA.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND MAY GOD PROTECT OUR TRUTH. NOW LET ME SIGN THIS BIPARTISAN BILL. >> ONE OF THE PREROGATIVES OF BEING PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND THIS MOMENT OF YOUR PRESIDENCY AND SOME OF THE GUESTS ASSEMBLED AND SAID ABOUT THAT IMPORTANT WORK.
LET’S WATCH AND LISTEN. >> THE BUILD BACK BETTER PLAN THEY’RE HOPING TO PASS IN THE HOUSE HAS A PARTISAN EXERCISE THAT’S NOT GOING TO WIN REPUBLICAN SUPPORT AND 800 PEOPLE HERE, A HANDFUL OF GOVERNORS AND MAYORS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY, MANY OF WHOM IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER PUSHING CONGRESS TO GET THIS PASSED AND IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR EXAMPLES OF HOW THIS MONEY WILL BE SPENT, TAKE FOR EXAMPLE WITH THE NEW YORK GOVERNOR CATHY HOCHUL DID BEFORE TODAY AND SUBWAY FARES IN NEW YORK CITY WON’T GO UP AND THEY’LL BE PAID FOR BY THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE REPUBLICAN MAYOR OF OKLAHOMA CITY HAS BEEN HERE AND A BIG SUPPORTER AND PUSHING FORWARD SINCE THE SPRING TALKING TO REPORTERS TODAY AND NOTHING SPECIFICALLY IN THE BILL FOR OKLAHOMA CITY, IT’LL BE DETERMINED BY STATE LEADERS AND GIVEN THE HISTORIC INVESTMENT AMTRAK WILL GET, THEY’LL BE ABLE TO RUN NEW TRAIN LINES UP NORTH INTO KANSAS AND IF YOU NOTICED TRAIN LINES RAN FROM KANSAS INTO OKLAHOMA NOT SINCE THE 1880S WHEN THOSE WERE BILLIONTH BUILT, THAT GIVES YOU A SENSE OF HOW THIS MONEY WILL BE SPENT AND WHY SO MANY DEMOCRATIC MAYORS WILL BE HERE.
>> MY SECOND QUESTION TO YOU IS THIS, AS YOU KNOW AND THE WHITE HOUSE NO DOUBT KNOWS, THIS CEREMONY COULD HAVE BEEN HELD SEVERAL WEEKS AGO AND IT WAS NOT. THIS BILL WAS HELD AS A MEANS OF CREATING EITHER PRESSURE AND MOMENTUM OR DIMENSION OF LEVERAGE ANY DEGREE OF LEVERAGE IN THE WHITE HOUSE GOING DOWN AND DELAYING THIS MOMENT. TWO REASONS TO HOLD THAT TODAY AND ONE BEING ON FELLOW DEMOCRATS TO PUT THE BUILD BACK BETTER PASSED IN THE HOUSE AND WANTED TO WAIT FOR REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS TO PUT IT INTO WASHINGTON AND STAND ON STAGE LIKE THEY DID TO SIGN THE BILL AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND THEY WORK TOGETHER TO GET THIS DONE AND THE REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC NEGOTIATORS IN OHIO SPOKE AND HE MENTIONED THIS AND THEY’RE WAKING UP OVER IN CHINA PREPARING FOR A MAJOR VIRTUAL SUMMIT AND THIS WHITE HOUSE WANTS CHINA TO SEE THAT THE UNITED STATES IS ABOUT TO INVEST BILLIONS, TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN INFRASTRUCTURE TO CATCH UP TO THEM. >> ED O’KEEFE IS AT THE WHITE HOUSE CAPITOL AND SOME ARE NOT THERE AND SOME WHO DID ARE RECEIVING CRITICISM AND EVEN GETTING SOME KIND OF HEATED THREATS TO THEIR OFFICES, TALK TO OUR AUDIENCE ABOUT THAT .
>> THAT’S RIGHT, MAJOR.
FOR ALL THIS TALK OF CONSENSUS AND COMPROMISE THAT THE PRESIDENT WAS TOUTING AND BIPARTISANSHIP, IT HAS COME WITH A PRICE FOR SOME MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, INCLUDING THOSE 13 HOUSE REPUBLICANS WHO SUPPORTED THIS INFRASTRUCTURE BILL EARLIER THIS MONTH. FOR INSTANCE WE HAVE TALKED TO A NUMBER OF CONGRESSIONAL OFFICES WHO SAID WE’VE GOTTEN HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF HOSTEL AND AGGRESSIVE CALLS FOLLOWING THIS VOTE AND WHAT’S INTERESTING ABOUT THIS IS WE HAVE LEADER VERY LITTLE — HEARD VERY LITTLE FROM LEADERS AND IT DOES RAISE CONCERNS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SOMETHIG TH TRADITIONALLY HAS BEEN BIPARTISAN AND NOW IN THIS NEW POLARIZED ENVIRONMENT HAS BECOME A VERY DIFFICULT VOTE FOR A NUMBER OF MEMBERS AND YOU WONDER WHAT THAT PRESENTS OR BODES FOR FUTURE LEGISLATION IN THIS CONGRESS. >>> THERE’LL BE MORE ON YOUR LOCAL NEWS AND ON TONIGHT’S CBS EVENING NEWS. THIS HAS BEEN A CBS NEWS SPECIAL REPORT.
I’M MAJOR GARRET IN WASHINGTON.
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