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The Bret Baier Podcast

Revisiting A Conversation with West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin

The Bret Baier Podcast

FOX News Radio

News, Politics, News Commentary

3.6681 Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

As lawmakers on Capitol Hill continue going back and forth over the best ways to fund the government and deal with the country's national debt, the question remains as to how Republicans and Democrats will eventually come together to productively address the issue. Bret revisits a conversation with Democratic West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin, where they discussed the status of the debt crisis last year, and how Manchin believes Republicans and Democrats can come together to strike a deal on the debt limit. Follow Bret on Twitter: @BretBaier Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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On this edition of the Brett Bear podcast, I sit down for a one-on-one interview with West Virginia Democratic Senator Joe Manchin to discuss the debt crisis and how lawmakers from both sides of the

0:55.5

aisle can come together to strike a deal on the debt limit. All this and more on this episode of the

1:01.9

Brett Baer podcast. Joining us tonight, West Virginia Democratic Senator Joe Manchin. Senator,

1:07.2

welcome back. Good to be with you, Brett. You have an op-ed out in the Washington Post.

1:11.5

Stop the political blame game, start cutting the debt.

1:14.2

You say, here are the facts.

1:15.5

Our national debt was $14.1 trillion, February 2011.

1:19.6

In the decade since, we've added nearly another $20 trillion to that total with bipartisan enthusiasm.

1:25.7

That's over $94,000 for every American.

1:29.4

It sounds to me like you're saying, Democrats should negotiate on this debt ceiling.

1:34.3

We should be talking about it.

1:35.5

I mean, it's a time to recognize when you have a debt ceiling and you have to raise it.

1:39.2

We've accumulated a lot of debt, and we have to pay our bills.

1:42.2

First of all, we know we're going to pass the debt

1:44.9

seating. We're not going to default. So let's get that out of the way. But in doing that,

1:48.4

let's agree to take seriously the obligations we have. We're writing checks to kids,

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