Pramila Jayapal

But at the end of the day, what we`re thinking about is if we have to trim a little -- and I`m saying a little -- then what we would like to do is have our priorities represented.

My bill, the College for All Act, addresses that challenge by helping low-and middle-income HBCU students attend tuition-free and by doubling the Pell grant.

Addressing disparities in funding has to be part of that strategy if we are going to really improve affordability and success.

I am so proud to support debt-free degrees for all students, but especially those at HBCUs, because these institutions are engines of success for the communities they serve and for our Nation.

I consulted with my doctors who told me that any future pregnancy would likely also be high risk to me and the child, similar to what I had gone through. I very much wanted to have more children, but I simply could not imagine going…

We are doing the, you know, the work, we need to do, to go back, and look at our priorities, and make sure that we are really thinking through, what we need, to have in this bill, and how we can come to agreement.

We`re not thinking about the number. And the president said this to us too. He said, don`t start with the number. Start with what you`re for.

He`s the president and he is wonderful, and he was really clear that we need to get both bills done and that`s what we`re going to do. We`re going to get both bills done.

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He was very clear the two are tied together. We`re going to have to get -- and look, he said, I support them both entirely.

He was very clear, the two are tied together. He said I support the bill entirely. If I thought I could do it right now I would. But we need to get this reconciliation bill.

It's popular with the American people, 70 percent agree.

The key thing we were fighting for... is we were not going to leave behind families who need childcare, who need paid leave, people who need affordable housing.

We need to figure out how we're going to get to a number that we can all agree on.

We are not doing one and leaving the other behind.

Our position is exactly the same as the President's, which is we are going to get both these bills done and we are going to send them to the President's desk.

We are doing the, you know, the work, we need to do, to go back, and look at our priorities, and make sure that we are really thinking through, what we need, to have in this bill, and how we can come to agreement.

We need a little time to negotiate.

I think both senators have been having negotiations, and they have been productive with the White House. And my hope is that we can all come together and pass the president’s agenda.

We’re not going to leave behind families that need child care, unpaid leave. We’re not going to leave behind taking real action climate change. We’re not going to leave behind housing for the unhoused across the country, and we’re not…

He was very clear that we are tied together. We`re going to have to get -- and, look, he said, I support the BIF entirely. If I thought I could do it right now, I would. But we need to get this reconciliation bill and, you know, it`s going…

For me, terminating my pregnancy was not an easy choice, the most difficult I`ve made in my life. But it was my choice, and that is what must be preserved for every pregnant person.

We are insistent that President Biden`s agenda, which is to actually make the tax system fair and make the wealthiest pay their fair share and corporations pay their fair share and repeal some of these fossil fuel subsidies, and make sure…

And we`re going to deliver the entirety of President Biden`s agenda to his desk. This isn`t a liberal wish list of things that we wish we could have that nobody agrees with us on. 96 percent of Democrats in the House and the Senate and the…

Let me tell you what people are going to remember. They're not going to remember the road, they are going to remember that they could wake up and have childcare where they couldn't afford it before, or that they have 12 weeks of paid…