On Monday's broadcast of CNN's "Situation Room," Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) stated that during a meeting with President Joe Biden on the reconciliation bill, Biden told them "when the New Deal started, it wasn't the New Deal that we study in the history books. It started with some small programs, and then it grew." Khanna also argued, "If we can get a number of these programs funded, we establish the base for which they can dwell in the future."