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Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin on why he opposes the dueling debt plans and what he's looking for in a deal
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Send IC is there thank you -- to -- I don't like senator -- and you don't like speaker Boehner has -- -- what's wrong with both of them -- I -- I respect both of those they're great men were trying as hard as they can do they think they get got to do what's best.
I basically have one short one shorter.
I came here to fix things as -- governor in West Virginia.
Who had to live in a balanced budget and haven't had to work with in my parameters.
I'm an island's governor in 2004 we had to face some tough situations we brought people together put politics aside and we fix things.
I came here and told the people are becoming West Virginia become trying to fix what I thought was wrong maybe we could help by showing what we get.
And I found that it's a little bit more challenging but we're working hard to get it done so I've said we're gonna have a fix every one every confidence that uniform.
Four trillion dollars.
Basically its third down with the -- -- -- -- period.
Yes and symbols that that commission again it's six if you will every -- shooting for the start.
Now that being said everything that we've seen since then.
No 900 billion won me from Detroit.
Neither one -- and fix it.
And I fall due respect us and everybody here is gets us into an election year.
If you think this has -- -- -- You ain't seen nothing yet if you put this kind of -- -- -- that period of time and in all fairness.
Senator Reid -- majority leader my Democratic Party puts it to right after the election that's not fair -- that your isn't fixed these problems I said if we're going to do it.
Get a hybrid something that we can work with that gives us -- guarantee vote.
I guarantee vote before the end of this year that we will vote on the big package to fix what and it's been laid out the workout with.
Simpson -- that this gang of six a group that basically really make sense.
So -- these have both been speaker Boehner and senator Reid's bill they just creating more trouble later in not solving the problem.
And just an effort to sort of get something done instead -- you like a band aid against the next I guess.
You know and that I'm brand new look here but no I've always looked in my mind thinks you know if you got a problem fixed because we'll have another problem tomorrow.
But if you've got a problem you don't fix it you put a band aid on the netstat and maybe doesn't heal up and you've got to deal with it again.
And that's what -- I don't want anyone who -- this.
You the only ex governor those -- they've got senator Warner and senator Ben Nelson as well and I suppose others that Lamar Alexander mark don't hope.
Did they say I mean I ice service special plug your sentiment investment you must also recognize that the problem -- -- come from states the balance budget amendments.
They're very comfortable conversation to understand what we -- it took to run our states.
And we have a hard I think sometimes understand this process would just hunkered down and -- -- if you will that I'm sorry I can't do you know.
We can do you look at the good of the country.
-- detail what Democrats and Republicans since we're gonna work with what's best with West Virginia I can't basically just cater to one's on another.
Wanna play politics arguably some play politics with this is real serious in this series -- -- -- with -- You can't -- with this and we're talking about insolvency of this nation were talking about the credit rating.
Now credit rating -- -- something about because as governor ours had been dismal for far too on the estrogen I made a commitment my goal was.
To get our financial house in order your credit ratings race.
What this is something's gonna happen probably does happen and I have to be something and you life.
Now that's even worse it's from what you say it's going to be something that's not gonna work.
I seen I don't I -- -- I'm the eternal optimist I still think that they could put something together.
It basically takes care of our.
-- insolvency.
We'll pay our bills.
We can put a parallel path where they can put the legislation because it is complicated because -- -- tax code and things of this sort has to work through committees.
Given a deadline before the end of this year that we must vote.
That means I think jumping wanted to put a commission together.
Harry Reid wants to put -- -- commission together and.
-- -- the frustration and American people thought we talk about a commission we had been Simpson Bowles commission.
And that was sort of their job and they came out with a solution that didn't have enough votes within the commission it wouldn't you vote -- didn't vote that have a eleven out of eighteen.
Unfortunately Tina -- a good idea to do think it's a great idea what happened there should have been here to go with whatever that it's not on site in the morning.
-- you've been here but there's nothing in in theory prevent everyone from resurrecting their ideas and implement in their ideas.
They put this together.
Basically this position has to vote for him and then you have her little piece of legislation which is -- -- commissioning -- six Roosevelt.
35 or forty of us signed off evenly split.
It would have happened and Nelson has bipartisan -- -- senator -- Harry Reid simply tell about your fears.
We've talked about.
It's been.
He's tried.
But dizzy when you talent that this is unfortunately this system mandated to they're gonna picketed electronics that's -- of what we're -- -- all -- respect.
-- that is the backgrounds that -- fixing things that you expect me to come back in just a guess what.
We took care but until after elections are to hear myself you're on Iran would think that releases sometimes he's trying to work through it really is now.
I think there's one moment hopefully in the image talking.
You have a bipartisan buy -- -- here.
We can't make -- then.
On what.
House budget that it and it -- your attic like.
Okay I'm like it was -- to make -- that the federal government will be different Ashton national.
Disasters -- -- wars there's other parameters you can put conditions on that.
But it keeps you basically the parameter living within your means and I think that I mean they gave -- pat answers or attack.
Thank you sir thank you appreciate.
