Manchin calls inclusion of paid leave in bill ‘a challenge'

Manchin calls inclusion of paid leave in bill ‘a challenge’

Nov 03, 2021

Manchin calls inclusion of paid leave in bill ‘a challenge’

1 00:00:00,690 –> 00:00:05,820 >> Just put paid leave. Back into their bill 70s. I never I never heard this the first I’m 2 00:00:05,820 –> 00:00:11,460 hearing that Pelosi just announced. I’m just so glad you’re here with us. That’s a challenge. 3 00:00:11,460 –> 00:00:16,730 Very much of a challenge. And you know how I feel about that. You said you support me. I sure do. I just I 4 00:00:16,730 –> 00:00:22,170 just don’t I just don’t support unpaid leave that means getting more debt and basically putting 5 00:00:22,170 –> 00:00:27,360 more social programs that we can’t pay for. We’re having problems now. I want to support paid leave. 6 00:00:27,360 –> 00:00:32,610 >> I want to do it in a bipartisan way. I’ve talked to Susan Collins I’ve talked to colleagues on both sides. We both agree 7 00:00:32,610 –> 00:00:38,310 something can be done. Let’s do that in a proper we’re trying to force it to reconciliation which has guardrails and 8 00:00:38,310 –> 00:00:39,570 rules and regulations. 9 00:00:39,570 –> 00:00:45,130 >> Let’s do it and do it right and not do it and I think that’s that’s bad. That’s the effort because 10 00:00:45,130 –> 00:00:45,930 that’s a setback. 11 00:00:45,930 –> 00:00:51,390 >> Does that setback you have an idea what else what’s coming from the house not told the House is needed. The House needs to really 12 00:00:51,390 –> 00:00:56,580 truly pass the infrastructure bill. That’s something that’s proven that the people know what’s in 13 00:00:56,580 –> 00:01:01,660 it. The states have been advised about what they’re going to get done. And in my state I just gave a speech at 14 00:01:01,660 –> 00:01:07,800 six billion dollars comes the state of West Virginia fixes my roads and bridges and fixes Internet services water 15 00:01:07,800 –> 00:01:10,090 and sewer airports all of these things. 16 00:01:10,110 –> 00:01:15,390 >> That’s what they really want. And on the other stuff that’s coming from the House they’re going to do with what the House does 17 00:01:15,390 –> 00:01:19,540 and we expect that and we’ll start working it deliberately through the Senate. 18 00:01:19,770 –> 00:01:25,280 >> Workers shouldn’t be paying into a paid leave program. Absolutely. I think it should be participation I 19 00:01:25,280 –> 00:01:30,690 always felt that I think that basically employer and employees should participate. We have states around this 20 00:01:30,690 –> 00:01:36,000 country doing it now and we have states we have countries around the world doing it. And it seems to work very well 21 00:01:36,000 –> 00:01:41,190 and does not put a burden on anybody but a person knows what they have and what they can use and how 22 00:01:41,190 –> 00:01:42,280 they can use it when they want it.

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