ALL WISCONSIN CONGRESSIONAL
DEMOCRATS VOTED IN FAVOR,
INCLUDING GWEN MOORE OF
MILWAUKEE AND SHE JOINS US NOW
AND THANKS VERY MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>> WE JUST REFERENCED THAT MORE
THAN $840 MILLION WILL BE COMING
TO WISCONSIN FOR WATER
INFRASTRUCTURE, INCLUDING THE
REMOVAL OF LEAD PIPES.
WHAT WILL THAT MEAN FOR
MILWAUKEE IN THE VERY NEAR
FUTURE?
>> WELL, I FIND IT VERY
EXCITING, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN
BUYING WATER.
ONCE I LEARNED THAT MY FIRST
GREAT GRANDCHILD WAS TO BE BORN,
MY GRANDDAUGHTER SHOWED ME THE
BROWN WATER THAT WAS COMING OUT
OF OF THE FAUCET IN HER
APARTMENT AND I'VE BEEN BUYING
WATER SINCE THEN.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SEEN
SCIENTISTS HAVE INDICATED TO US
THAT NO AMOUNT OF LEAD IS SAFE
FOR CHILDREN, AND THEY HAVE
LOWERED THE INDICATORS FOR IT.
>> HOW LONG OVERDUE IS THIS KIND
OF INVESTMENT, IN YOUR MIND?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE'VE
HAD INFRASTRUCTURE WEEK EVERY
WEEK UNDER PRESIDENT DONALD
TRUMP.
IT GOT TO BE THE STANDING JOKE.
OF COURSE, 20 OR 30 YEARS, DON'T
TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, FREDERICA.
THE ENGINEER, THE PROFESSIONAL
ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION HAS GRADED
OUR INFRASTRUCTURE HAS A D PLUS.
AND THE PL BRIDGE WE SAW FALLINN
MINNEAPOLIS IS ONE OF 180
BRIDGES IN THAT SAME SORT OF
CONDITION.
THE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUE THAT
PEOPLE ARE SCREAMING ABOUT,
WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THIS IN
THE BILL.
WE'RE GOING TO UPGRADE PORTS,
AIRPORTS.
AND THIS IS PART OF THE REASON
THAT THERE'S SUCH A BACKUP IN
THE SUPPLY CHAIN.
AND SO, AGAIN, IT'S REALLY
CONFUSING WHY -- AND I'M
DISAPPOINTED THAT WISCONSIN
REPUBLICANS JOINED IN BY NOT
VOTING FOR IT.
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF IT, THE 13
REPUBLICANS WHO DID VOTE FOR
INFRASTRUCTURE HAVE BEEN
THREATENED, THEIR LIVES HAVE
BEEN THREATENED, AND SO, YOU
KNOW, IF PEOPLE DID NOT VOTE FOR
IT BECAUSE THEY'RE FEELING
COWARDLY, I GUESS I CAN
UNDERSTAND IT GIVEN THE BACKLASH
FROM THE SORT OF TRUMP
ATMOSPHERE THAT HE'S CREATED
AROUND NOT GIVING JOE BIDEN OR
DEMOCRATS A WIN.
THIS IS A WIN FOR THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE, ACTUALLY.
>> NEXT WEEK YOU WILL VOTE ON
THE NEARLY $2 TRILLION SOCIAL
SPENDING BILL.
WHAT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT
PRONGS OF THAT FOR YOU?
>> FIRST OF ALL, I CHALLENGE
YOUR NOTION THAT IT'S A SOCIAL
SPENDING BILL.
IT TOO IS AN INVESTMENT IN OUR
ECONOMY.
THE BEST WAY TO INCREASE OUR GDP
IS TO INVEST IN PEOPLE.
AND THIS IS WHAT THIS BILL WILL
DO.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
IT DOES JUST RIGHT OFF THE TOP
OF MY HEAD, THIS PROVIDES THE
ENHANCED EARNED INCOME TAX
CREDIT.
AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, WE ARE
LITERALLY ARE TAXING PEOPLE INTO
POVERTY, LOW-WAGE WORKERS INTO
POVERTY.
THEIR TAX OBLIGATIONS TAXES THEM
INTO POVERTY.
THIS ENHANCED EARNED INCOME TAX
CREDIT, IT IS A WAY TO NOT ONLY
KEEP THEM FROM BEING IN POVERTY,
BUT GIVING THEM MORE MONEY TO
ADD TO OUR GDP.
AS YOU KNOW, FREDERICA, 70% OF
OUR ECONOMY IS CONSUMPTION.
SO IF PEOPLE DON'T HAVE MONEY,
THEY CANNOT SPEND.
THERE'S NO POINT IN HAVING A BIG
DEMAND IF THERE'S NO ONE WHO CAN
ACTUALLY PURCHASE YOUR PRODUCTS.
HEALTH CARE.
WE'RE GOING TO REDUCE THE COST
OF HEALTH CARE FOR PEOPLE
THROUGH THAT BILL THROUGH
ENHANCING THE AFFORDABLE CARE
ACT, SO-CALLED OBAMACARE.
WE'RE GOING TO REDUCE THE COST
OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.
AND SO WHILE THIS IS NOT
PHYSICAL MONEY IN PEOPLE'S
POCKETS, IT IS AN INVESTMENT IN
THEM TO ENABLE THEM TO INTERACT
IN THE MARKETPLACE MORE
ADEQUATELY.
>> WE NEED TO LEAVE IT THERE.
WE WILL BE WATCHING THAT.
U.S. REPRESENTATIVE GWEN MOORE,
THANKS VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US.
>> AND THANK YOU, TOO,