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.

We are going to pay far more not just in terms of dollars but in term of opportunity, in terms of lives lost, in terms of, you know, lack of security for our country and for the world if we do not take on climate change in reality.

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.

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

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`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.

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.

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.

the latest movements on President Biden’s spending bills.

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.

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.

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…

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…

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.

this is the president’s agenda. It’s not some crazy left-wing agenda wish list. It is actually the President’s agenda.

the problem in American democracy today is that people have lost faith in us, in government, that we actually will fight for working people.

We need to deliver that transformative --

My bill, the Women's Health Protection Act, will put a stop to these state-based attacks and enshrine the protections of Roe into law.