However, what I said was money that has already been appropriated in the Recovery and Reinvestment act that has not yet been spent could be spent now on these priority items. Nobody wants to see 300,000 teachers laid off or fire and police laid off. That's not good for the economy. It's not good for our kids. It's not good for the safety of our communities. So the president is absolutely right in terms of this being critically important spending. (03:10–03:16)
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