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On the recordJanuary 18, 2022
It's clear to me that that we're going to have to probably break it up. I think that we can get -- and I've been talking to a number of my colleagues on the Hill, I think it's clear that we would be able to get support for the for the $500-plus billion for energy and the environmental issues that are there, number one.
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware

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Biden discusses the need to break up the Build Back Better legislation to gain support.

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