Rob Portman: “I thank my colleague from Utah for his wise words. Yes, it is true that there was a $2.65 trillion package proposed by…”

“I thank my colleague from Utah for his wise words. Yes, it is true that there was a $2.65 trillion package proposed by President Biden for infrastructure, and we are at $550 billion. So it is bipartisan. Both sides made concessions. But it is very different than what we would have seen, and again, it is an alternative with no taxes. I do want to say that there was another effort underway before we got started. Actually, Shelley Moore Capito was part of our efforts early on and then decided to try to work with the White House to come up with a proposal. They were not successful in the end of bridging the gap between where the White House was and where they were, and the bipartisan approach that we used here ended up being more successful, but we are building on the foundation that they created. So you will see Senator Capito managing this bill for our side. I appreciate her support the other day on our first vote, and I appreciate the hard work they put in to help us to be able to come to this point today. I yield back my time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader H.R. 3684”