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Pramila Jayapal: “This is the president’s agenda. I know the speaker wants to deliver on that. And I know that all of us, 96 percent of…”

On the recordOctober 6, 2021
This is the president’s agenda. I know the speaker wants to deliver on that. And I know that all of us, 96 percent of Democrats in the House and the Senate agree that we want to get this done, and we were ready to get it done at the original $3.5 trillion Build Back Better Act that we have.
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Pramila Jayapal
Democratic · Washington
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msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Jayapal emphasizes the importance of the Build Back Better Act as part of the president's agenda and the consensus among Democrats to pass it.

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