paychex for 27 million workers and pulling nearly 1 million people out of poverty. well over 50%, closer to two thirds or 70% of people making the minimum wage are women. many of them women of color. again, child tax credits nearly helping one in three adults having trouble to pay for household expenses and having children from going hungry. we've had that child tax credit and this is quite remarkable, $3000 for a child and then six years and under it is $3600. this is pulling these children out of poverty. the bill also addresses those who are food insecure, rent insecure and the rest. it's a very important piece of legislation and it is what this country needs and i salute, not only the president and vice president, for their leadership and recognizing that and this important work but also to do so in a way that is robust and meets the needs of the american people but also meets the needs of the strength of our economy. we plan, as i said, to work on it this week and next week and have it pass by the end of february and we can send it to the president's desk befor

you're sold paychex and you bought quantum and acon, talk to me >> we started looking at the portfolio we saw we had some exposure to industrial services and we wanted to make a move towards the infrastructure and sustainability so quanta is involved in the distribution and transmission of electricity. they have just completed a major project in australia that they've put in a very large wind mill to generate electricity also we like the fact that they're one of the few companies that have invested in a college that's focused on this type of work, and so that's something else that's very positive, and what we really like is the backlog. they have a $15 billion backlog into 2021 and that's going to do them very well likewise, aecom. aecom is an engineering construction management firm and what they've done is that they've actually increased their profitability by focusing on the high profit margins in this particular space, and they do a lot of work with the cities working with them on sustainability and other issues and once again, now their backlog is over $41 billion in 2021 so they

. >> and real quickly, the president calling for $1400 paychex for everybody who makes $75,000 a yearr less. did that stay or not? sen. cassidy: hours is targeted, we have $1000 and it begins to phase out. there has been very good analysis that above eight certain income level that money is not spent. it may pay down debt and we have seen credit card and mortgage to lincoln's ego down and saving rates go up. that does not stimulate the economy. it's good but it does not stimulate the economy. our money goes to the income level where it will stimulate the economy. host: senator bill cassidy of louisiana talking about the proposal from 10 republican senators including senator cassidy and susan collins, rob portman of ohio, lisa murkowski of alaska, mitt romney of utah, pat young of -- and jerry moran of kansas, also signing on, mike from south dakota and thom tillis from north carolina. the list from the washington post, expecting a more formal unveiling in the coming days -- let's see if there is an agreement that gets reached, a compromise bill between the biden plan and this plan or