chairman carper: thank you. thank you so much. so that her are you there? sen. boozman: yes, i am here. sen. boozman: thank you, chairman carper, for having this hearing. i think we have a really good panel getting really good information. ms. snyder, though income families and communities spend a larger share of their budget on energy costs compared to middle income families. i especially see this in rural america, probably 50% of the counties in arkansas will lose population as a result of this. again, in my opinion, when you look at environmental regulations that decrease energy cost significantly, and you are talking about a regressive tax, do you think increased energy costs have a disproportionate impact of low income families, particularly at impact on rural america that does so much traveling for every basic necessity? ms. snyder: i think affordability of our energy system is extremely important for lower-income communities, and also the rural communities, as well as small businesses. we need to keep in

chair carper: with your d.c. water hat on and my last question here -- i want to ask a wrap up question for everybody. one point four my colleagues and me with respect to the issues before us today, one point to reiterate and repetition is good. but with respect to d.c. water, d.c. water provides water for all here in the nation's capital. all around the country, the situation is the same. we want resiliency and reliable service. would you take a minute to discuss the steps d.c. water has taken to address risks or vulnerabilities to ensure it is resilient to climate change? ms. powell: thank you for the question. we are taking several steps. we are making sure our infrastructure in the ground can reliably serve the district. we know we have some very important customers here. it can be a matter of national security to make sure we have our systems intact. we are looking at cyber and making sure we have a cybersecurity infrastructure in place that can support our systems. we have teams in place that are constantly

senator carper. senator carper: can you hear me? chairman peters: yes. senator carper. i can hear you. i can't see you right now. we can hear you, we just can't see you. we can hear you if you want -- there you are. senator carper, welcome. senator carper: mr. chairman, can you hear me? chairman peters: i can hear you and see you. you have the floor. senator carper: thanks so much. welcome to. i'm delighted you are before us. thank you for your willingness to serve. and time spent with me earlier this week and with my staff. about five or six reports, examining the implementation of the cares act. i remember the problems there. and providing recommendations. to a bunch of federal agencies to try to improve their response efforts. as of about a month ago, end of january, 31 recommendations we re-main unimplemented. say that again. at the end of this past january, barely a month ago, 27 of g.a.o.'s 31 recommendations remain unimplemented. in this g.s.a. report g.a.o. commented it was deeply troubled, quote, lack of sufficient federal action on critical gaps identified and

carper: thank you.r. miller? mr. miller: absolutely. i think it's a critical role for o.m.b. and g.a.o. to play together. mr. carper: thank you. there was a guy named willie sutton was a bank robber back in the great depression. he finally got captured, put in jail and brought to trial and was before the judge, back in those days. and the judge said mr. sutton why do you rob banks? , and he replied, that's where the money is. and in terms of where we waste a lot of money in the federal government spending, miss spending with respect to payments, [indiscernible] adopted bipartisan support in the last congress. i think with the support of the ranking member, with the support of the chairs of the committees and legislation, legislation to actually get serious with this problem. why is that important? i think a total of $1.7 trillion -- that is a must the size of the [indiscernible] . i understand o.m.b. has begun implementation what have we passed a year or so ago. the payment integrity information act. [i

criswell: senator carper, thank you for that question. senator carper: i can't hear you. ms. criswell:? ? can you hear me now senator carper -- can you hear me now? senator carper: i can hear you. ms. criswell: i believe we all have a responsibility to make sure america gets vaccinated. the best way for us to move on to recovery is to get americans vaccinated. that is a shared responsibility at the federal, state and local level. it is my understanding fema setting up community vaccination sites across the country, but they are also providing assistance in otherwise. there is no one size that fits all, and jurisdictions know their needs best and what resources they need to execute their vexing missions. -- vaccine missions. if confirmed, i am committed to engaging in our state and local communities to understand their requirements and working within appropriate authorities fema has to make sure they get the resources they need to get america vaccinated. senator carper: how would you seek to improve coordination and communication between fema and state and local governments? i

carper: ms. criswell, my sister and i were 10 and 11 years old when we joined the polio as a gimmick -- polio epidemic. the number of teenagers interested in being vaccinated was in single digits. one sunday night, a rock 'n roll sensation named elvis presley came on the stage and was vaccinated and in a matter of weeks, the acceptance rate among the nation's teenagers was 80% or higher. there are a lot of people that i talked to in delaware and other places who say, i'm just not going to do it for one reason or the other. there have been a couple of nonprofits in consultation with the agency to address and message to people who are reluctant to take the vaccine. the number could be as high as one third, and that is not good. any thoughts that you might have for addressing -- hoping to address and bring down that number, should you be confirmed? aside from bringing elvis back to life? ms. criswell: i don't know if i can bring elvis back. you raise such a concerning point actually because we have

senator carper?> can you hear me? >> yes, senator carper. i can hear you. >> i can't see you right now. >> there we go. >> we can hear you. we just can't see you. >> can you see me now? >> there you are. senator carper, welcomed.ca >> mr. chairman can you hear me? >> we can hear you and we can see you. you have the floor. >> thanks so much. welcome to our nominees and we are delighted to have you both for us and thank you for the time you spent with the committee and with my staff. last year we had five or six reports examining the implication of the cares act and providing the recommendations to a bunch of federal agencies to try to improve their response efforts. as of january about a month ago in january and told 31 recommendations were implemented let me say that again predict the end of this past january barely a month ago, 27 of the 31 recommendations remain implemented in its january report jal commented that it was deeply troubling. a lack of federal action on critical things and a lack to ad

i'll start, senator carper.arlier response to senator rosen's question, i mentioned the importance of thinking ahead when it comes to implementation. a lot of increase in costs went to the integration of dozens of systems that the bureau had to put in place in order for the operations to operate as intended. that's one area. the second area is ensuring that they have the appropriate staff on site to be able to manage the contract and support they're receiving. funding went to integration, done by private companies, vendors. it's important to have the appropriate expertise in-house. we found consistently in the key contractor oversight office that they were often running rather thin, sometimes at only half capacity. and, finally, the importance of schedule. there are very few operations that have a date set within the constitution. that's a very rare thing when it comes to an i.t. modernization effort. it makes the importance even greater. cost schedule, two things that the bureau can think about early in this de

that is why i'm working with chairman carper ranking member on wastewater infrastructure bill. this bill will need to increase funding in critical program programs including the state resolving loan funds lithium sewer overflow grants and many other critical initiatives. i will push for this bill to increase technical assistance funding and create programs l or modify existing programs that have lower nonfederal cost shares. i will work to increase grants rather than loansow so that all communities can receive assistance in protect their families and not just those that can't afford it as witnesses will testify today, the need is real and the time is now to address the water infrastructure in this country. from permanent brain damage to overflowing sue qaj to costly service interruptions our constituents are now experiencing the harm it is that result from allowing our drinking water and wastewater systems to aid into a state of disrepair our nation must be willing to invest hundreds of billions of dollars other multiple decades to provide everyone family access to the most bas

we all know angus followed by democrats chris coons jeanne shaheen john tester maggie haasan tom carper our good old buddy joe mansion and former green party member turned democrat kristen cinema who she took the time to give a big thumbs down to the measure while rocking the giant lululemon bag and handing out cake to senate floor staffers. because nothing my friends nothing goes better with a big dish of domestic economic tyranny. and a little chocolate cake i want start watching. on a city street you want to. see. this is your state see. graves see this least systemic dissent says so which. brings us. all right welcome everyone watching the hawks i am a robot and i'm a nice across so well when the yanks democrat southern democrats won in the primed and shoot down all the efforts for a fight for 15 no $15.00 minimum wage here in the us at least for the time being the democrats killing that i think is it's very telling and foremost i don't think that mansion was anybody that we didn't expect to kill it considering the area that he represents in west virginia but i do think that for the

down is quite telling chris coons 10300000 dollars and this can. 1000000 joe manchin 7000000 tom carper 5000000 jeanne shaheen 3000000 john tester 3 all millionaires we don't know christensen the most but she did a very nice bag but she's congresswoman she makes 174008 manual salary for congress so these are all people that clearly. are so detached from what the working person goes through at this point b. given the fact that they're all millionaires now doesn't mean that necessarily you get 3000000 dollars you're living large you're not you know you're not jeff bezos but you're still far detached from what it's like to actually struggle in this country they are absolutely right i think that you know seeing seeing the uprising seeing the protesters in the streets knowing that particularly for women and women who are heads of households and leading their families these jobs matter this by matters the majority of women across this country who are minority women specifically face a very different burden when it comes to being the people who are predominantly working these jobs we're talkin

soyou, chairman, ranking member carper, to the entire group there, and thank you senator padilla, who i enjoyed talking energy policy together when we both sat next to each oe other in the los angeles city council. two decades later so proud of your representation of our i golden state. great to be with friends and senator duckworth, senator iss sanders, senator erm hofer. i'm so happy to be able to s la testify on this important issuel today.o los angeles is the nation's gicond largest city. with an energy demand equal to that of the state of colorado, just to give you a picture of y what our challenges are every single day. i'm here to say in no uncertainr terms that an energy grid that is 100% renewable, relyleable and resilient can be achieved. los angeles is proof. in 2002 our utility was just 2% renewable. 50% coal. today we are 40% renewable and by 2025 we'll have zero percent coal. seeing what happened in cities a bipartisanlimate group of 500 mayors of ts, republicans, democrats and mayors and we know clean energyo transformation isn't just portun possible but it's ait necess

carper: mr.resident, the senate is not in order. the presiding officer: could we have order. please be quiet in the senate. mr. carper: thank you, mr. president. i ask that i be permitted to complete my remarks. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. carper: with respect to the fudge nomination, motion to reconsider be considered made and the president be immediately notified of the senate's actions. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. carper: mr. president, i have nine requests for committees to meet today during today's session of the senate. they have the approval of the majority and minority leaders. the presiding officer: duly noted. mr. carper: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i rise today in strong support of a nomination of judge america garland to be -- merrick garland to be united states attorney general and to face some of the greatest chal engs. -- challenges. the justice department is charged with protecting the civil rights of all americans. the past four ye

carper? mr. carper, aye. mr. casey? >> aye. >> mr. casey, aye. mr. cassidy? >> no. >> mr. cassidy, no. miss collins? no. mr. koontz -- >> aye. >> mr. koontz, aye. mr. corn cornyn? >> no. >> miss cortez masto? >> it aye. >> mr. crapo? mr. crapo, no. mr. cruz? >> no. >> mr. cruz, no. mr. danes? >> mr. danes, no. miss duckworth? miss duckworth aye. mr. durbin? >> aye. >> mr. durbin, aye. >> miss ernest? miss ernest? no. mrs. feinstein aye. mrs. fisher? no. mrs. gillibrand? >> aye. >> mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. graham? >> no. mr. graham, no. mr. grassley? mr. grassley, no. mr. haggardy? >> no. >> mr. haggerty, no. miss hassan? >> aye. >> mr. hawley? >> know. >> mr. hawley, no. mr. heinrich? >>aye. >> mr. heinrich, aye. mr. lick enhooper? aye. mr. hovan? >> no. >> mr. hovan, no. >> mrs. hyde-smith? no. mr. innoff? >> no. >> mr. johnson. >> no. >> mr. johnson, no. >> mr. kane? mr. kane, aye. mr. kelly? >> aye. >> mr. kelly, aye. >> mr. kennedy? >> no. >> mr. kennedy, no. mr. king? >> aye. >> mr. king, aye. miss kwloeb klobuchar? >> aye. >> mr. langford? >> no. >> mr. langford, no

carper: thank you. there's -- my legislator director is a woman named cho, lucy is her first name and she said to me several months ago, after the election, joe biden was elected, she said, we were working on usmca last year, we worked with a senior member of the house, ways staff, to make sure that the laws are not only strong but are enforceable. she said her name is katherine tai. lucy said to me, i think that katherine tai might make a good u.s. trade rep and an interesting human story as well. i have huge respect for lucy's judgment. i turned around and called on the phone the chairman of the house, ways and means committee. i said, richie, does the name katherine tai mean anything to you? and he said she's a great member of my staff. i said she's been suggested as someone who would serve as u.s. trade representative. what do you think he said she would be excellent. the next call was to jeff, a former chief of staff for joe biden and was -- and i called former senator kaufman, who was in charge of

in june of 2019 is chair of the subcommittee on investigations i released a report for senator carper detailing the extensive cybersecurityy vulnerabilities f a different federal agencies. many of these vulnerabilities remained unresolved for decades. over year later three issues we highlighted in the report were seriously compromised by the solar wind attack. dhs the state and hhs and those are just three that we know of as of today. unfortunately this was not a big surprise to us. the solar winds attack was one of boast widespread in consequential attacks to date and in response we have to take a hard look at security strategies and what are we doing wrong? wired defense capabilities not up to the task lexus includes the failures of the federal government's frontline defense program called einstein. einstein has cost approximately $6 billion is supposed to detect and prevent cyber intrusions and the federal agencies. clearly it was not effective and even recognizing that it occurred. it's a good time to consider its utility and how it can be improved in any cybersecurity legislation

i think tom carper who is the chairman of the environmental and public works community -- committee, a friend of mine and one of the most decent chair men i've worked with, although i say that about all of my chair men, and a demonstrated willingness to already work across the aisle. i think you are going to find a lot of cooperation. when you start talking about numbers like $1 trillion, it becomes more difficult because there is only $250 billion available in the highway trust fund. we have to talk about the revenue side of things, and that's an area that gets difficult, but i think there's enough bipartisan support and momentum for infrastructure, especially at a time when rebuilding the economy is so important, that i think you can find some willing partners. i would certainly be one of them. to look at the revenue side of things and how we might pay for $1 trillion. host: the administration has talked about wrapping in hundreds of billions of dollars to revitalize the nation's power sector. you have been a proponent of nuclear energy, clean energy, and manufacturing. i'm wonderi

dodaro: thank you, senator carper, appreciate it. >> thank you, senator carper. >> thank you. i want to thank the chair and ranking member and our substitute chair right now for this hearing and comptroller general dodaro, thank you and your dedicated team for your testimony today. i want to congratulate the government accountability office as it celebrates 100 years of service. i'm particularly grateful as chair of the emerging threats and spending subcommittee for g.a.o.'s work to help the federal government save taxpayer dollars and operate more effectively. to that end, senator paul and i plan to circulate a bipartisan resolution to recognize g.a.o.'s 100th anniversary and i'll invite all our colleagues to join. my first question to you today, comptroller general is about i.t. acquisitions and operations. the pandemic has put into sharp relief something many of us already knew, namely that federal aging i.t. systems lag behind private organizations in terms of their ability to innovate and acapt to the ever-changing technological landscape. last summer i wrote to the 10 ag

the other and a lot of your permission has been taken and we can presume the mideast servers remain carper miles for various reasons including by the way that a lot of the targets with this one were smaller businesses which are typically less good at keeping things together and patching things quickly and so on so those are all vulnerabilities will remain until it gets cleaned up better than it is now. washington promise is a way. as a broad but with some exceptions more on that and more besides after a short break. the binding ministration is still young but its foreign policy particularly in the middle east is an echo of past failures just an illustration simply just not a learning curve also does washington really support democracy in the world ukraine's crackdown on independent media should give us pause the world is driven by dreamers shaped by our own personal. dares thinks. we dare to ask. join me every day on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to us of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. welcome back this is archie international now fa

carper: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from delaware. mr. carper: madam president, i have five pages here somewhere. at least i thought i did. madam president, i ask that the record show -- actually show the words that i planned to say. let me just speak from my heart. my colleague that just preceded me, he knows deb haaland from years of experience. tom udall served here for years, a close friend of all of ours, has known deb forever. i remember asking him, you know, what does she bring? what does she bring to the united states department of the interior? and i'll never forget what tom said. he said, she'll bring a good heart. she'll bring a good mind. she has the heart of a servant. she is someone who is humble, not haughty. she'll provide leadership that is needed at the department of interior after the years that we've been through. she will put together a good team and when her team does well, she'll give them the credit. and when the team falls short, she will take the blame. there is -- those of us in the state of delaware are proud t

now recognizing senator carper for your questions. >> thank you, mr.chairman, good morning colleagues and to the witnesses. i just want to say thank you for having an easy name to pronounce. and thank you for speaking so slowly. it's easy to follow your testimony. christopher, i want to pronounce your name so can you say it. is that the way you pronounce it? >> yes sir. now i would say to my staff i said how in god's name do they pronounce her last name and they would say there's a in enunciation on the second syllable. >> i'm glad i asked. pronunciation on the first syllable. i will never make that mistake again. thank you all for your testimony and for presenting it in a very understandable way. sometimes we have people that rushed through issues like these but these are not issues that come naturally to a lot of us. thank you for making it almost understandable for someone like me. i want to [inaudible] even before the homeland security committee and for years i worked with colleagues, democrat, republican, some here today that just preceded me. we

thank you for raising that and i now recognize senator carper for your questions. >> thank you. good morning, colleagues and to the witnesses. i just want to say thank you for having an easy name to pronounce. for speaking so slowly. it's easy to follow your 'stestimony also. i want to pronounce your name -- is this the way that you pronounce it? >> yes sir. >> now i would say how does she pronounce her name and they tell me the emphasis is on the second syllable, is that true? >> thank you for asking, senator. >> i'm glad that i asked. the pronunciation is on the first syllable. >> yes sir. >> i will never make that mistake again. thank you for your testimony and for presenting it in a very understandable way. sometimes we have people that rush through issues like this before at the homeland security committee i thought with our colleagues and some of the ones that are here today that just preceded me, we work across the aisle on federal data security and the breach notification legislation that would require companies to have a comprehensive information security to protect our

senator carper. >> can you. >> yeah. >> tell me can you hear me, tell me can you say me?here we go. first off thank you for holding this hearing mr. chairman. i appreciate the witnesses joining us as well. i'm here to discuss the challenges we are facing when it comes to forced labor and our supply-chain at timely topic and one that is important. throughout my time in public service and as a naval officer before that and it may sound familiar to all of you the idea that we ought to treat people the way we want to be treated and another comes out of a chaplain. show up for those that need the most help. and scripture matthew 25 about caring for the least of those among us. we have a moral obligation to those and we can't turn a blind eye with respect to this obligation. i am told nearly release orders in the past years -- and what can we do to ensure that our laws stop forced labor and also make them enforceable. [inaudible] would need to increase transparency in our supply chains. ms. vandenberg can you share -- customs and border patrol to improve communications with sta

west virginia's joe manchin, delaware's chris coons and tom carper, new hampshire's jeanne shaheen and maggie hassan, ntana's jon tester, maine's ans king and arizona's kyrsten sinema. that all vot down $15 an hour. the bill will go back before the house tuesday before heading to biden's desk. the united states recorded arly 4800 covid-19 deaths over the weekend. daily coronavirus infections are down from january's record highs, but have plateaued at levels comparable to last summer's peak. in arkansas, republican governor asa hutchinson is planning to end a statewide mask mandate by the end of the month. california officials are preparing to reopen baseball stadiums and amusement parks including disneyland unable here first. in new york, movie theaters have reopened for the first time in nearly a year, albeit with masks required and lower occupancy. on sunday, white house medical adviser dr. anthony fauci warned the u.s. risks a fourth surge in cases, fueled by the spread of troublesome coronavirus variants, if public health measures are rolled back too quickly. a warning to our audie

but joe manchin and tom carper and chris coons and others that reflect the center of gravity of politics in the country is not where the democratic caucus is exactly. they have significant popularity behind many of their proposals. but it's hard to get -- whether it's 60 votes or even 50 votes, hard to get some of the things over the finish line. >> that's an excellent point and a great way to put it, john harwood. thank you. >>> more states are set to expand vaccine efforts. louisiana, iowa, washington. the latest states to announce plans to expand vaccine eligibility to anyone over age 16. those expansions will begin in late march, early april and may respectively. this as children 16 years and older can receive the vaccine starting to day. we're in stone crest, georgia, east of atlanta. good morning. what do you see? >> good morning, poppy. we're at a site here in stonecrest that is going to vaccinate 400 or 500 people today. of course, there is ramping up of efforts downtown in atlanta as the fema supported site is now going to do 6,000 vaccinations a day. if you take a look at the m

this is in essence, what senator carper was proposing earlier with some slight adjustments that address some of senator manchin's concerns. so a compromise has been forged. >> how comfortable are you with this reality that i think the democratic caucus faces in the senate that joe manchin has a one-man veto over everything you're trying to do? >> all 50 of us in the democratic caucus have a one person veto and it tells you the level of challenge it is to work together, our basic philosophies are the same. let's rebuild america from the ground up, main street up. we'll have a series of things we would do differently and some of that leverage is exerted early and clearly and fashions that adjust the bill and then sometimes there is some last minute surprises, and when that happens, we work through it as we have tonight. >> how do you assess how much you as a progressive has had to give up? i know you were in favor of increasing the minimum wage because of the parliamentarian. that's not part of the senate version of the bill. some democrats would like to force it in but that's gone. the u

worked closely with tom carper, the democrat. it passed unanimously. bernie sanders voted for it.committee we had it in the house and they threw it out, a bipartisan supported bill and replaced it with the green new deal and raises energy costs and all kinds of mandates in place and i think would be very bad for the economy. if they want to work with us, take up what bernie sanders and john barrasso agreed to last year in the environment and public works committee. that is the blueprint for infrastructure. >> two quick campaign-related questions for you. number one, lisa murkowski, donald trump said he doesn't support her re-election. do you? and liz cheney, do you support her re-election? >> a couple of things. one is president trump has already endorsed a number of senators who are running again for re-election. that is helpful. the president's endorsement matters. in terms of alaska, i want to always make sure we nominate somebody who can win in november. lisa murkowski knows alaska better than anybody and she is an incredible fighter for american energy. she hasn't made an ann

. >> thank you senator carper the chair recognizes senator padilla for your questions. >> thank you to the witnesses for their tremendous work and testimony so far in today's hearing i want to touch on a couple of things that hasn't been touched on already the first question in the gao report entitled census bureau needs to assess data quality concerns stemming from the recent design changes published december 2020 it was to save cost but reliance solely on administrative records for household when example was medicare enrollment data and individual tax return data for the count the report did have some use of tax data for example in individuals that had in common but not listing for tax purposes however i'm also concerned with other public benefits and then the president would be the definition of public charge with an immigrant such as housing assistance, snap, medicaid that could be considered a negative factor with the application so with the public charge will change that they could be benefit or did not enroll but the citizen children were eligible. so discuss how the public rule

but let's not lose sight of the senators from safe democratic seats, like chris coons and tom carperlaware, who voted it down for no reason other than they don't like it on policy grounds i mean, what's wrong with you guys you're not gonna face any serious republican opposition, and yet, you're still siding with them? watching these guys is like watching lebron play defense against himself. by the way, playing defense against himself is the only way he'll ever get called for a foul i'm just kidding i love him and i want him to be my friend. but with all that said, it's important not to understate the truly seismic nature of this bill and all the incredible good it will do for millions of poor and working class americans. for one thing, it's way bigger than the 2009 stimulus, and that's a good thing, because the 2009 stimulus wasn't nearly enough this bill sends about $350 billion in state and local governments to keep services running, save pensions, and schools and public transit, and keep people employed it sends out direct payments to about 85% of americans and it expands unemploy

with that, senator carper, you are recognized for your questions. >> thanks. can you hear me, mr.airman? >> i can, loud and clear. >> thanks so much. thanks to our witnesses for joining us today. i've been a member of this committee for 20 years and one of my favorite memories of serving on this committee came at the end of the tragedy and that was the attack on 9/11. and a bipartisan commission created -- the co-chairs were one of my mentors in the house of representatives, congressman indiana and a governor from our neighboring state of new jersey. tom cane. and the republican -- the two of them provide great leadership. the panel included former secretary of the navy and they worked together on the heels of 9/11 and produced i think something like 41 -- unanimously, 41 recommendations. 41. and we -- i think about 36 of them which is pretty amazing when you think about how hard it is to get stuff done here today. but i have a question. i think we need to create a 9/11-style commission to look at the failures that led to the attack on our capitol on january 6th. a question, do yo

. >> thank you, senator carper. fifteen senators to go. senator langford. >> thank you. i will jump right into this. obviously issues going forward over the supply chain, we talk about manufacturing [inaudible] on the supply chain in the days ahead, so whether it's steel, producing automobiles, whether it is producing medical equipment, whether it's energy production, supply chain matters on this, critical minerals, occasionally complex issues from the congo and such so one of the questions i have is multiple of the minerals that are here. when you start dealing with supply chain issues and i can bring this up to mr. jennings because i know with this vehicle you have a lot heading towards an electric vehicle what can we do in the tax code that you see at this point to attract some of those suppliers to be able to come to the united states for the barriers that are pushing some of that development outside of the united states and the vehicle production here with a lot of the manufacturers and supply issues. >> i appreciate the question. you were spot on the reference not

he will speak at a carpers union training center as he tries to sell the largest set of tax hikes in a generation. neil? neil: peter doocey, thank you very, very much. the president is due to make the remark a little after 4:00 p.m. eastern time today. we'll keep you posted on that. meantime california congressman john garamendi joining us. house transportation, infrastructure committee, much, much more. congressman, good to see you back, going line by line some of the more prominent features of this, i can understand, you know the push for infrastructure but a lot of this isn't just infrastructure. $408 billion for the elderly and disabled. however meritorious, humane as it might be how does that fit into infrastructure. >> that fits into the facilities which those elderly and disabled reside. those are fixing up facilities, government-owned and public facilities wherever they may be around the nation. really another piece of the investment, probably some hospitals clinics associated with that. beyond that this is an infrastructure package that covers everything, well, not everythin