It must be pointed out that this is going to be paid for. This is not adding to the debt.

But I think there has been a lot of frustration with both of those senators in that they have not come forward and said, you know, this is what I want.

Let`s be crystal clear. If the bipartisan infrastructure bill is passed on its own on Thursday, it will be in violation of an agreement that was reached within the Democratic Caucus in Congress.

I would ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk called the roll.

S. Con. Res. 14, the fiscal year 2022 congressional budget resolution, included an instruction to the chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget to file enforceable levels in the Senate in the event the budget was agreed to without the…

as chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, I want to say a few words about some of the important budgetary issues that Congress is now facing. I want to focus on the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill, but before I do that, I want to…

I would ask unanimous consent that, at the end of my remarks, the scheduled vote take place. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

we strongly support the Congressional Progressive Caucus and other members in the house who have said they intend to vote for the bipartisan infrastructure bill only once the Build Back Better act is passed.

What the overwhelming majority of members of the Democratic Caucus what is a $6 trillion bill. We have already made a significant compromise. Now, the president is -- I was in the White House yesterday. The president is doing a very good…

I am endorsing Jagmeet Singh for the New Democratic Party.

I mean, you know, you have a Republican Party which is a right-wing extremist party right now which is owned by the pharmaceutical industry.

I think we`re going to do what the American people want and pass the most consequential piece of legislation in a very long time.

The American people want us to address the crises facing working people and have the guts finally to stand up to the big money interest of the United States Congress.

The X bill is saying, finally, for the first time in the modern history of this country, that the United States government is going to stand up and address the long neglected issues facing working people, and that we`re going to fund it by…

Do you know how much money these guys in the pharmaceutical industry have spent over the last 20 years on lobbying and campaign contributions? $4.5 billion.

What we want to do is, in fact, pay for it. We -- I -- you know, if I had my druthers, I would pay for every nickel of it by demanding as the president just said, that we end the absurdity of large corporations making billions and in a…

$3.5 trillion is not enough.

What the President is doing is taking a look at the crises facing America and saying you know what, whether it's high cost of prescription drugs, healthcare, whatever it is, we are going to address those crises rather than give more tax…

We are facing a massive crisis in terms of climate change.

We need to make sure that our young people get the training that they need, get the college credits they need in a way they can afford it.

Does anyone deny that our childcare system is a dysfunctional mess? No.

What we are trying to do right now, in the United States Senate, in the house is pass the most consequential piece of legislation in the modern history of this country.

I think a lot of people in America are losing faith in government.

I think the truth is that California does not need a right-wing Governor -- Republican Governor.

I think Governor Newsom has done a good job under very difficult circumstances, and I think what you're seeing in California, and all over this country is a lot of anger and frustration.