共和国总统乔·拜登能够改变某些方面他的2万亿美元的基础设施提案美国能源部长詹尼弗·格兰霍姆周日在美国广播公司的“本周”节目中说，该公司可能会将其拆分成几个较小的包
格兰霍姆对《本周》节目主持人乔治·斯特凡诺普洛斯说:“总统愿意就此进行谈判。”。“他知道他目前的计划将要改变。这就是妥协的本质，所以不管是一个大方案还是几个方案，他都想和共和党人谈。”
格兰霍尔姆说，鉴于人们对采用新基础设施和更新旧技术的广泛兴趣，拜登希望获得两党的支持。
作为总统。乔·拜登即将迎来他上任的第一个100天，他面临着解决国家面临的长期挑战，并与分裂的国会合作。@jonkarl仔细看看拜登迄今为止的总统任期。https://t.co/MLMwtBqEVjpic.twitter.com/9QooXlSfGH
—本周(@ThisWeekABC)2021年4月11日
“与他交谈的许多共和党人实际上已经提出了与这个一揽子计划相一致的法案，”她说。“这些是民主党人和共和党人都知道需要发生的事情。这只是一个能够到达终点线的过程问题。”
拜登将于周一会见一个两党议员小组，讨论他的基础设施计划。参议员罗杰·威克，右小姐。,告诉斯特凡诺普洛斯在一次单独的采访中，他将出席会议，并表示基础设施谈判“将与我们在救援计划上的谈判有所不同”威克周日表示，共和党人愿意谈判一个小得多的方案。
斯特凡诺普洛斯向格兰霍尔姆施压，要求在寻求替代途径之前进行谈判的潜在时间框架。
“总统愿意给共和党多少时间来看看是否真的能有两党合作，然后他才会支持民主党单独的和解战略?”他问道，他指的是该提案可能以简单多数在勉强通过的民主党参议院通过的过程。
格兰霍尔姆说，该计划是拜登的重中之重，并补充说，“不做某事不是一个选项。”
“我确实认为，总统希望给它必要的时间，看看他能否获得两党的支持。所以，你知道，希望在阵亡将士纪念日之前会有所进展。我知道他想在夏天完成这件事，”她补充道。“我们还是840万个工作岗位在洞里。"
共和党人不是唯一反对拜登计划的人。来自西弗吉尼亚州的温和民主党参议员乔·曼钦表示反对拜登计划的一些方面，比如将公司税提高到28%的提议。曼钦支持将公司税提高到25%。
格兰霍尔姆认为，曼钦的州依赖于煤炭工业，应该支持为煤矿工作创造清洁能源替代品的提议。
格兰霍尔姆告诉斯特凡诺普洛斯:“共和党人和民主党人一致认为，不要把市场转向不同方向的社区抛在后面，比如煤炭行业，这一点很重要。”。“因此，这将有助于培训该行业的人员转向这些新技术，这些技术与他们在煤矿开采中可能使用的技能没有太大区别。这将有助于确保这些行业能够从排放中去除碳。”
。@RahmEmanuel普雷斯说。拜登需要“继续推进”基础设施一揽子计划，即使面对国会共和党的反对:“每一个项目...非常非常受欢迎。”https://t.co/S5WYnAoNyKpic.twitter.com/rOQNTbED8v
—本周(@ThisWeekABC)2021年4月11日
斯特凡诺普洛斯就经济复苏的必要性向格兰霍尔姆提出了挑战。
“我们仍处于困境，但经济正开始快速增长。你认为这会让你更难获得你现在需要的支持吗?”他问道。
格兰霍姆认为拜登政府的最初冠状病毒随着国家走向经济复苏，救助法案是朝着正确方向迈出的一步。
“尽管经济在增长，但它之所以在增长，是因为本届政府在获得武器和人们口袋里的支票方面表现出色。这实际上是复苏，”她在谈到基础设施提案时表示。
Biden willing to negotiate aspects of $2 trillion infrastructure plan: Energy Secretary Granholm
PresidentJoe Bidencouldalter some aspectsof his$2 trillion infrastructure proposaland may be open to breaking it up into several smaller packages, Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm said Sunday on ABC's "This Week."
"The president is willing to negotiate what this looks like," Granholm told "This Week" anchor George Stephanopoulos. "He knows that his current plan is going to be changed. That's the nature of compromise, so whether it is in one big package or several packages, he wants to talk to Republicans."
Given the widespread interest in adopting new infrastructure and updating old technology, Granholm said Biden wants to achieve bipartisan support.
As Pres. Joe Biden approaches his first 100 days in office, he's faced with addressing long-term challenges facing the country and working with a divided Congress.@jonkarltakes a closer look at Biden's presidency so far.https://t.co/MLMwtBqEVjpic.twitter.com/9QooXlSfGH
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC)April 11, 2021
"A lot of the Republicans that he's talking to have actually introduced bills that are consonant with what's in this package," she said. "These are things that Democrats and Republicans know need to happen. It's just a question of the process to be able to get to the finish line."
Biden is set to meet with a bipartisan group of lawmakers Monday to discuss his infrastructure plan. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss.,told Stephanopoulosin a separate interview that he's going to be at the meeting and said the infrastructure negotiations have "to be something different from what we had on the rescue plan." Wicker said on Sunday Republicans are open to negotiating a much smaller package.
Stephanopoulos pressed Granholm on the potential timeframe to negotiate before pursuing an alternative path.
"How much time is the president willing to give the Republican Party to see if there really can be bipartisanship, before he goes for Democrats-alone strategy on reconciliation?" he asked, referring to the process where the proposal could pass the narrowly held Democratic Senate with a simple majority.
Granholm said the plan was a top priority of Biden's, adding "not doing something is not an option."
"I do think the president wants to give it the time necessary to see if he can achieve that bipartisan support. So, you know, hopefully there will be progress by Memorial Day. I know that he wants to get this done by summer," she added. "We are still8.4 million jobsin the hole."
Republicans aren't the only ones pushing back on Biden's plan. Sen. Joe Manchin, a moderate Democrat from West Virginia, who hasshown oppositionto aspects of Biden's plan, like its proposed corporate tax hike to 28%. Manchin supports raising corporate taxes to 25%.
Granholm argued Manchin, whose state relies on the coal industry, should back the proposal for creating clean-energy alternatives for coal mining jobs.
undefinedMORE: Manchin's firm stance on filibuster, reconciliation threatens ambitious Biden agenda
"Republicans and Democrats agree -- agree upon the importance of not leaving communities behind where the market has moved in a different direction, like in coal," Granholm told Stephanopoulos. "And so this will help to train people who are in that industry to move to these new technologies, that are not a whole lot different from the skills that they may be using in mining coal. It will help to make sure that these industries are able to remove carbon from their emissions."
.@RahmEmanuelsays Pres. Biden needs to "keep pushing" infrastructure package, even in face of congressional GOP opposition: "Every one of these items... is very, very popular."https://t.co/S5WYnAoNyKpic.twitter.com/rOQNTbED8v
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC)April 11, 2021
Stephanopoulos challenged Granholm on the perceived necessity of economic recovery.
"We are still in the hole, but the economy is starting to grow at a rapid clip. Do you think that's going to be make it more difficult to get the support you need right now?" he asked.
Granholm credited the Biden administration's initialcoronavirusrelief bill as a step in the right direction, as the country moves toward economic recovery.
"Even though the economy is growing, it's growing because of the excellent execution that this administration has made on getting shots in arms, and in getting checks in people's pockets. This is actually recovery," she said of the infrastructure proposal.
