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Speaker 1: Washington correspondent for Bloomberg Television and for Bloomberg Radio. Coming up,

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Speaker 1: we've got Congressman Brendan Boyle, Democrat from Pennsylvania. You don't

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Speaker 1: want to miss our exclusive conversation with him. But first

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Speaker 1: we begin tonight with the big story, and that of course,

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Speaker 1: is former President Donald Trump's attorneys speaking making their case

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Speaker 1: Trump's attorney Bruce Castor, who spoke and laid out his

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Speaker 1: And Bruce Castor and David Show and accused Democrats of

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Speaker 1: and press conferences. And Castor's opening arguments today, he said

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Speaker 1: that Democrats have not only intentionally excluded Mr Trump's repeated

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Speaker 1: Mr Trump told the thousands to protest peacefully. I've got

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Speaker 1: sound on the defense. Take a listen. Violent criminals were

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Speaker 1: You did not hear that fact during the hours and

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Speaker 1: he's saying made the case in the Senate that he's

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Speaker 1: alleging that the videos that the Democrats showed were manipulated.

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Speaker 1: I've got sound on that. Take a listen. We have

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Speaker 1: reason to believe the House managers manipulated evidence and selectively

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Speaker 1: Let me begin with you. You know, I mean, you

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Speaker 1: hear the defense. It's not going to change any any dynamics,

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Speaker 1: most likely, but but didn't do anything but solidify that

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Speaker 1: we already know the outcome. It did solidify. We know

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Speaker 1: the outcome. I think you know what what I can

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Speaker 1: I don't believe he will vote to convict. I think

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Speaker 1: that's a big question in my mind. Other than that,

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Speaker 1: I do think the defense was strong today from the

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Speaker 1: So I do think it may have given some more

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Speaker 1: in that area already. Well, and folks, I'm just gonna

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Speaker 1: Trump will be convicted in the Senate. And there's a

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Speaker 1: the former vice president now Mike Pence, was in danger

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Speaker 1: Biden as the presidential election winner. His lawyer said, and

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Speaker 1: some estimates, increasing the child tax credit, which is in

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Speaker 1: it's geniees. I know, it's so good to talk to you,

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Speaker 1: and I just wanted to ask you, and with your

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Speaker 1: what do you make of the guidelines that were released

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Speaker 1: agree with the recommendations that have been put out there

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Speaker 1: in the last twenty four hours. Granted, I know Kevin said,

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Speaker 1: don't know if you've had a chance to look at them.

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Speaker 1: Even Yeah, I mean I've I've been stuck voting on

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Speaker 1: these various amendments. Um, what I can say, though, pretty comfortably,

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Speaker 1: comfortable once we get the resources to places to reopen safely.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I know that as badly as I want

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Speaker 1: for teachers or for the kids. So, um, let's We're

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Speaker 1: all eager to get back, but let's make sure we

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Speaker 1: can do it the right way. I am pretty confident

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Speaker 1: though that that we'll be able to get there soon.

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Speaker 1: All right. Coming up next, we're gonna continue this conversation

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Speaker 1: with Congressman Brendan Boyle. Along with the panel. We're going

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Speaker 1: to pay it back to impeachment and other geopolitical issues.

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Speaker 1: What does he have to say about the Irish immigration

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Speaker 1: to the United States. I've got it. He gave an

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Speaker 1: interview to the Irish Central that's coming up next. I'm

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Speaker 1: Kevin Surreally. This is Bloomberg. You're listening to Bloomberg Sound

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Speaker 1: On with Kevin Shirley on Bloomberg Radio. My name is

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Speaker 1: Kevin Sirelian. I am the chief Washington correspondent for Bloomberg

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Speaker 1: Television and for Bloomberg Radio. You know. The other week

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Speaker 1: I was at the Irish Ambassador's Residents Daniel Mullhall. He

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Speaker 1: is the Ambassador of Ireland to the United States of America.

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Speaker 1: Daniel Mullhall, He's been on the show, um and I

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Speaker 1: is Congressman Brendan Boyle. He is a Democrat from Philly,

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Speaker 1: and I believe the only member of Congress who has

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Speaker 1: a parent from Ireland. And I get that right. I

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Speaker 1: don't want to mess out of Congressman. Yeah, now, that's

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Speaker 1: that's right. My father was born and raised in Ireland

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Speaker 1: and came here as an immigrant when he was nineteen. Wow.

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Speaker 1: And and you you've been really outspoken on on issues

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Speaker 1: pertaining to the US and Ireland relationship relations Why do

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Speaker 1: you think it is that that so many immigrants are

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Speaker 1: choosing other countries, in this case Ireland rather than coming

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Speaker 1: to the United States. Oh, there's a very simple reason.

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Speaker 1: It is almost impossible now to legally um immigrates the

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Speaker 1: And I'm going to attempt to give it a very

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Speaker 1: simple version because I don't want to completely born and

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Speaker 1: turn off your listeners. But a long story short, is

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Speaker 1: an unintended consequence of the immigration Act of is that

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Speaker 1: it has made it extremely difficult for folks from Ireland

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Speaker 1: as well as other Western European countries to come here legally.

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Speaker 1: So a lot now Ireland's economy is so much better. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: what it was hundreds of years ago. But that said,

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Speaker 1: for those who do want to immigrate, they basically choose Canada,

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Speaker 1: Australian or New Zealand. Very few come here unless they

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Speaker 1: tend to be in a very technical um or high

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Speaker 1: school professional. Congressman, let's bring it back to your district.

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Speaker 1: Who should the Eagles choose for their QB? I was

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Speaker 1: waiting for the Carson Wentz question to come up. I

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Speaker 1: can't believe here it is. It's Friday and the three.

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Speaker 1: I've got a three day weekend. You've got an impeachment vote.

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Speaker 1: But oh no, you don't. You're in there. You're not

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Speaker 1: in the Senate yet. But I you know, go ahead.

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Speaker 1: I don't want to be too chatty. If you can

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Speaker 1: a conditional pick like a fourth based on what benchmarks

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Speaker 1: Wentz hits I think that's probably the smartest move. Now,

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Speaker 1: you guys sent a letter the Philly the Philly delegation,

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Speaker 1: ros Rick Davis told me send a letter, uh to

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Speaker 1: the CDC about the inequities on the vaccination front. Why

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Speaker 1: why are why are the vaccines? Why is there so

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Speaker 1: much inequality with vaccine distribution? Yeah, so this is interest.

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Speaker 1: This is an issue that affects Philadelphia, but also basically

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Speaker 1: every big city. So in most big cities, the daytime

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Speaker 1: it's easy to figure out people come into the city

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Speaker 1: it turns out the CDC formula is based on your

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Speaker 1: work here but not actually live here. By one estimate,

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Speaker 1: about half of the vaccines that have been distributed in

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Speaker 1: Philadelphia are going to people who don't actually live in Philadelphia.

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Speaker 1: That also ends up skewing the sort of diversity pool

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Speaker 1: we've asked the CDC is, look, I come up with

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Speaker 1: a more accurate formula. So that way, you know, those

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Speaker 1: of us in Philadelphia, but also other big cities aren't

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Speaker 1: getting short changed. Congressmen, this wreck again, thank you for

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Speaker 1: that note, because I think a lot of people are

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Speaker 1: wondering as they sit around today thinking, yea, what is

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Speaker 1: the policy on vaccine distribution? And I MI am being

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Speaker 1: can't seem to get it done. Obviously, this has been

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Speaker 1: the White House has purchased, so hopefully that everybody can

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Speaker 1: catch up to that. I want to return back to

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Speaker 1: the stimulus plan if I can a little bit, because

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Speaker 1: I am kind of curious what you think about the

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Speaker 1: politics of it. We've seen your bill pass on a

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Speaker 1: straight line party vote. I'm kind of curious if you

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Speaker 1: But also some of the Democrats are starting to peal

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Speaker 1: off of the notion of a fifteen dollar minimum wage

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Speaker 1: in the Senate. Do you think that can make its

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Speaker 1: wage increase? Yeah? So on on the first question, Um, look,

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Speaker 1: polling of where the American people are, including a majority

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Speaker 1: of Republicans. This bill has such high approval rate. I

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Speaker 1: don't think I've ever seen as the high approval ratings

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Speaker 1: including a majority of Republicans. So it is a bipartisan bill.

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Speaker 1: I hope that you will have Republican members of Congress

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Speaker 1: voters are. Now to the second question on minimum wage,

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Speaker 1: I think it's pretty clear based on what the CBO

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Speaker 1: therefore you can use reconciliation. And I think the challenges

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Speaker 1: you now have to Democratic senators who have said that

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Speaker 1: attaching it to the overall COVID relief bill. I mean,

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Speaker 1: the way I count it, then that's at most forty.

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Speaker 1: So if you can't get to fifty, then then what's

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Speaker 1: the point. I hope we could get there, but perhaps

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Speaker 1: this is an issue that will have to be then

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Speaker 1: the grass and subsequent legislation and representative oil. It's geniees

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Speaker 1: a'to again and I love you talking about the Immigration

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Speaker 1: Act of nineteen sixty five because it's one of the

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Speaker 1: fascinating historical acts with these unintended consequences. But sticking with

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Speaker 1: the stimulus package, how do you respond to criticism or concern,

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Speaker 1: the danger of inflation. How do you respond to that criticism? Um,

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Speaker 1: I'm forty four years old and there are two things

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Speaker 1: know the threat is another Irish illusion. Yeah, I know.

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Speaker 1: It's like I feel like I need a lepre con

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Speaker 1: to jump out or something going. It's Valentine's Day, not St. Patrick.

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Speaker 1: I don't want to kiss off my Scottish constituents actually

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Speaker 1: in Scotland. Um. Yeah, So look, I mean, is there

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Speaker 1: the threat of inflation, yes, but it's so hypothetical as

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Speaker 1: You know. I would refer also people to what Chair

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Speaker 1: Powell has said, Chair Peal not Chapal is not Bernie

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Speaker 1: Sanders or Elizabeth Warren. He has made clear, as have

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Speaker 1: a large number of economists, both in the centrist camp

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Speaker 1: the time to go big. If we're gonna error on

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Speaker 1: one side, it needs to be going big and going bold.

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Speaker 1: The congressman, I mean, when you hear from people like

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Speaker 1: Then they're talking about infrastructure. So at what point does

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Speaker 1: infracture infrastructure. Um, Look, this is about as good a

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Speaker 1: I mean, we literally have you know, negative interest rates

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Speaker 1: going bold. I know at some point we will have

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Speaker 1: I just think we are far from that point right now.

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Speaker 1: We're still in the middle of this crisis, and there

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Speaker 1: there is of inflation. So when you when we hear

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Speaker 1: realistic goal before the term elections? Yeah, I absolutely believe it.

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Speaker 1: I still think that that was the great missed opportunity

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Speaker 1: more doctrinaire conservative views on on this. Now fast forward

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Speaker 1: four years, UM, we were already able to pass a

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Speaker 1: I think that the Senate you will have Republican buy in.

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Speaker 1: You do have, um some kind of Chamber of commerce

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Speaker 1: so much, Congressman, truly for for making the time for

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Speaker 1: that economic stimulus. All right. February is Black History Month,

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Speaker 1: of Black History Month. And here's what today's installment is,

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Speaker 1: Ronida Young on this day in Black History. In nine nine,

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Speaker 1: and supporters globally. Its mission continues to be ensuring the political, educational, social,

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna need a young Bloomberg Radio all right, my

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Speaker 1: thanks to our guest at a Palmer punch Bowl News

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Speaker 1: up next week, we've got mc mulvaney. He's gonna be

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Speaker 1: the former chief of staff to former President Donald Trump.

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