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Psaki on President's virtual meeting today with House progressives on the BIF & BBB "which includes the recognition that this package is going to be smaller than originally proposed. And what he wants to hear from them is what their priorities are, what their bottom lines are."

https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1445100422729973761

Psaki: "I would expect that later this week he'll have probably another virtual meeting with members who might consider themselves more moderate or however you want to define them."

Congressional Progressive Caucus chair Jayapal (D-WA) after CPC's virtual meeting with President Biden on the BIF and BBB today: "We had a very productive and necessary conversation about the urgent need to deliver the full Build Back Better agenda."

CPC Chair Jayapal (D-WA): "We look forward to continuing this conversation and working with our colleagues in the House and Senate, Congressional leadership, and the White House to send the infrastructure bill and the Build Back Better Act to President Biden’s desk.”

WH: "This afternoon, the President had a constructive virtual meeting with 12 progressive members of Congress about how critical the Build Back Better Act and the bipartisan infrastructure bill are to his vision.."

WH on President's virtual meeting with CPC members: "There was agreement that what mattered most with respect to Build Back Better was following through on key priorities in a final legislative package to make a difference in real lives." whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…

WH: “The President will meet tomorrow morning virtually with Democratic members of the House to discuss the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and his Build Back Better agenda. This meeting in the Oval Office will be closed press.”