FOR MORE I AM JOINED BY DENVER’S
GOVERNOR.
THE DEMOCRATS AND THE
REPUBLICANS ARE FAR APART.
THE REPUBLICANS DON’T HAVE
ANYTHING FOR STATE AND LOCAL
FUNDING AND THE DEMOCRATS HAVE
$350 BILLION. DO YOU NEED THAT MUCH?
$350 BILLION IS NOT ENTIRELY
GOING TO YOU, BUT DO YOU SEE
ROOM TO NEGOTIATE ON THAT
NUMBER?
>> OF COURSE WE WOULD BE HAPPY
IF COLORADO GOT ALL $350
BILLION, BUT I THINK THERE IS
ROOM FOR A DISCUSSION.
FIRST OF ALL, PRESIDENT BIDEN IS
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT THAT THEY NEED
TO MOVE FAST.
THE NEED IS URGENT.
FAMILIES THAT CAN’T MAKE THEIR
RENT.
SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT NEED TO
RETURN SAFELY.
FOR ALL OF THE REASONS THAT HE
ARTICULATED.
IT IS BETTER TO DO IT NOW AND
GET IT DONE.
AND I THINK THE INITIAL
REPUBLICAN OFFER IS NOT ENOUGH
TO GET THE COUNTRY OUT OF
RESECTION, RETURN TO SCHOOL
SAFELY, IT HAS TO BE
SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER.
IF THERE IS SOME ACCOUNTS THAT
NEED TO BE CHANGED, PRESIDENT
BIDEN IS A MASTER NEGOTIATOR.
AND I HAVE FULL CONFIDENT
CONFIDENCE IN HIS NEED TO DO IT
URGENTLY.
>> YOU, COLORADO, CUT $3 BILLION
FROM YOUR BUDGET LAST SUMMER P
THE PROJECTIONS FOR THIS SUMMER
ARE LOOKING A LOT BETTER.
WHAT DOES COLORADO IN TERMS OF
FUNDING NEED MOST RIGHT NOW?
WHAT AREA RIGHT NOW IS
STRUGGLING THE MOST?
>> THE REASON I LIKE THIS STATE
AND LOCAL 8 PIECE IS IT ALLOWED
THE LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT CHOICERS
TO THE GROUND CAN ALLOW THE
CLOSEST PEOPLE TO GET PEEK BACK
TO WORK.
IT IS CERTAINLY A BIG PART OF
IT, TOO, BUT WHEN LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS AND STATE
GOVERNMENTS CAN BUILD ROADS, PUT
PEOPLE BACK TO WORK, INVEST IN
INFRASTRUCTURE, THAT’S A BIG
DEAL NOT JUST TO GET OUR ECONOMY
GOING, BUT CREATE SOMETHING OF LASTING VALUE THAT MAKES OUR
NATION EVEN STRONGER.
>> ONE OF YOUR COLLEGEAGUES SENT
MESSAGE SAYING ACT BIG, ACT
BOLD, DO WHATEVER YOU NEED TO
DO.
THEY WANT TO PASS THIS THROUGH
RECONCILIATION AND GET IT DONE
FAST.
DO YOU THINK THEY SHOULD WAIT TO
GET REPUBLICANS ON BOARD OR
SHOULD THEY GO AT IT ALONE RIGHT
NOW?
>> ABSOLUTELY, OUR COUNTRY NEEDs
IT.
IF THAT CAN BE DONE WITH TEN
ADDITIONAL REPUBLICAN VOTES IN
THE SENATE GETTING TO 60 BY ALL
MENS,
MEANS, YES, OF COURSE.
BUT IF THEY CAN’T GET THERE, IF
THOSE TEN WILL NOT BE THERE, IF
THERE IS ONLY TWO OR THREE OR
FIVE REPUBLICANS OR GOD FORBID
ZERO, THEN THEY NEED TO MOVE
FORWARD WITH THE RECONCILIATION
PROCESS TO GET IT DONE BECAUSE
THE COUNTRY NEEDS HELP.
>> GOVERNOR, I WISH I HAD MORE
TIME WITH YOU, BUT THAT NEWS