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Pramila Jayapal: “We will not move a smaller infrastructure bill, bipartisan, whatever, unless we have simultaneously a big reconciliation…”

On the recordJune 24, 2021
We will not move a smaller infrastructure bill, bipartisan, whatever, unless we have simultaneously a big reconciliation bill that has all of our priorities, particularly the five progressive priorities that the Progressive Caucus has identified, that is robust child care, Medicare expansion, bold climate action, it`s immigration for essential workers, and it`s housing.
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Pramila Jayapal
Democratic · Washington
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Jayapal emphasizes the need for a larger reconciliation bill alongside a smaller bipartisan infrastructure bill.

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