Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie SandersBernie SandersCentrists gain foothold in infrastructure talks; cyber attacks at center of Biden-Putin meeting Democrats facing tough reelections back bipartisan infrastructure deal The Hill’s Morning Report – ObamaCare here to stay MORE (I-Vt.) said on Sunday that he and President BidenJoe Biden 64 percent of Iowans say ‘time for someone else’ to hold Grassley’s Senate seat: poll Philadelphia shooting leaves 2 dead, injures toddler Ron Johnson booed at Juneteenth celebration in Wisconsin MORE are focused on working families amid infrastructure package negotiations.
Appearing on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Sanders said he believed lawmakers are becoming “bogged down in numbers” and said it is more important for them to look at the “needs of the American people, what’s going on right now.”
“All that the president is doing, all I am doing is taking a look at reality for working families, understand their needs have been ignored for decades, now it is time to create good paying jobs, millions of good paying jobs, addressing health care, housing, infrastructure,” Sanders told host Dana BashDana BashPelosi: ‘No intention’ of abandoning Democrats’ infrastructure goals Ocasio-Cortez: ‘Old way of politics’ influences Manchin’s thinking Ocasio-Cortez: Senate Democrats ‘blocking crucial items in a Democratic agenda’ MORE.
Sanders told Bash that he plans to meet with every member of the Democratic Caucus to discuss infrastructure, acknowledging that it feels “very good” to be in a position as Budget Committee chairman to handle deals in Congress now.
Sanders also touched on the bipartisan infrastructure bill that was unveiled earlier this month, saying he is seeking to “bring people together.”
“The bottom line here is that the bipartisan proposal provides spending in some very important areas: roads, bridges, water systems and that’s the good. That’s good,” Sanders said. “The amount of money that they are proposing is about one quarter of what the president talked about in terms of new money. That’s not adequate and what we should be also watching carefully is how it’s paid for.”
Sanders added that he felt the idea of raising the gas tax or fees on electric cars in order to pay for the infrastructure plan, as has been tossed around by some lawmakers, is a bad idea.
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