On the recordOctober 21, 2021
Let me thank the gentlewoman from New Mexico for her leadership. I am very glad that she has emphasized the unanimity and the unity of Democrats as relates to all of our constituents, all Americans, whether we are in New Mexico, Texas, or whether, we are in New York, whether in Mississippi, Illinois, California, whether we are up in the New England States or down the coast in the Carolinas and down to Florida and all in between, it is important, again, to emphasize to the American people that this is about you. Breaking news. Each of these elements that we are fighting for--and we take no discomfort in you saying at the bus stop, while taking your child to school, what are they talking about? It is our responsibility to let you know what we are talking about and to let you know that the Congressional Progressive Caucus has been talking and working and talking and working. We now are at a point where we will say to you: We will not negotiate against ourselves. But we are the engine to get it done working with the Quad Caucus, the Tri Caucus, and the Democratic Caucus. So, Mr. Speaker, you have heard that there are numbers that may be different from $3.5 trillion of which I still stand on. But we are working to see how we can respond to the American people, and that is you have indicated that there is a framework that will change my life. I want to see it sooner than later. So here is where we are.…
