Barbara Boxer: “I just want to thank Senators Fischer and Gillibrand, because Senator Baucus, who is Chair of Finance, has such a crazy…”

when people lose hope that they can`t make it from poverty into the middle class, and then when they`re stuck in the lower middle class, they can`t make it a little bit higher, it`s a very unhappy place for the country.

that`s why it`s so important -- and I hate to shift to something more parochial -- that Joe Biden`s vision of this Build Back Better, because that`s investing in the human infrastructure.

I hope they carve out voting rights.

Good on Gavin Newsom for being the bigger person to show up and say, Mr. President, I'm glad you're here.