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Affordable, reliable, and dependable energy is part of what made us a superpower, and it is critical that we maintain that and keep these prices under control.

This bill gives wealthy residents of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, California, and Maryland tens of thousands of dollars in new tax breaks.

Senator Joe Manchin has been raising concerns about how more government spending could affect inflation.

By all accounts the threat posed by record inflation to the American people is not transitory and is instead getting worse from the grocery store to the gas pump Americans know the inflation tax is real and DC can no longer ignore the…

He believes that a big measure like this moves the country toward an entitlement mentality.

If we get zero, not $1.5 trillion or $3.5 trillion, if we get zero, I can live with that.

Senator Joe Manchin still not on board for the four weeks of paid leave that are in this bill right now that the House has put in there.

I think really where the breakdown will come or could come on this Build Back Better package is the leverage that progressives in the House had...

Joe Manchin for example does not want to see paid leave and reconciliation.

Eugene, it won`t end because you want me to write in blood that I`ll be for this, this and this. And I`m not for this, this, this and this, and they know it. They know it. I`ve been very clear.

He’s moved incrementally, but he’s moved. Remember he had a line that was that he’s not going to accept anything over $1.5 trillion. He’s now $1.75 trillion.

We can`t go too far left. This is not a center-left or a left country. We are a center, if anything, a little center-right country.

We can't go too far left. This is not a center-left or a left country. We are a center, if anything, a little center-right country.

The only thing I would say is, the rush to this - - and I have said this long before. I truly believe that we need to slow down. I truly believe that we need to wait and see if inflation is transitory, see how much worse it may get…

If you put that paid leave in, it`s not being paid for. I`m all for paid leave and I believe that people should have --

For the sake of the country, hours to House to vote and pass the bipartisan infrastructure bill. Holding this bill hostage is not going to work and getting my support for regular reconciliation bill.

Well, how can I in good conscience vote for a bill that proposes, massive expansion to social programs when vital programs like Social Security and Medicare face insolvency, as more of the real details outlined the basic framework are…

I for one won`t support a multitrillion bill without greater clarity about why Congress chooses to ignore the serious effects of inflation. And debt, that has on our economy and existing government.