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Joe Biden noted that he would soon be returning to the Oval Office to keep making calls to House members, encouraging them to pass the bipartisan infrastructure bill and the reconciliation package today.

I want to say very clearly: if your number one issue is the cost of living, the number one priority should be seeing Congress pass these bills," Biden said.