kaitlyn emma joins us on the phone. guest: thanks for having me. host: let's talk about priorities. congress needs to approve the budget and often that does not happen when the president put forth his plan. what is the white house saying are there priorities? -- guest: this is interesting in the sense that it combines the president past -- president's request for 2022. he is proposing overall funding levels for defense and nondefense spending but it is also combining his vision for infrastructure and the american families plan. it is sort of this big sweeping documentary for the president's vision outlining what he would like to spend on when it comes to federal agencies and also highways, childcare, education, public health, climate change, and to your point, you are discussing this interplay between defense and nondefense spending, the biden administration beliefs domestic programs and education programs and public health and climate change and childcare and highways have been underfunded for too long in comparison to the amount of money that has been spent on the pentagon. this b

kaitlyn emma joins us on the phone. guest: thanks for having me. host: let's talk about priorities.ongress needs to approve the budget and often that does not happen when the president put forth his plan. what is the white house saying are there priorities? -- guest: this is interesting in the sense that it combines the president past -- president's request for 2022. he is proposing overall funding levels for defense and nondefense spending but it is also combining his vision for infrastructure and the american families plan. it is sort of this big sweeping documentary for the president's vision outlining what he would like to spend on when it comes to federal agencies and also highways, childcare, education, public health, climate change, and to your point, you are discussing this interplay between defense and nondefense spending, the biden administration beliefs domestic programs and education programs and public health and climate change and childcare and highways have been underfunded for too long in comparison to the amount of money that has been spent on the pentagon. this bud