Negotiations on President Biden’s proposed infrastructure package dominated the Sunday morning political talk shows.
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said he is “very confident” a compromise will be reached, while Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said there is “lots of daylight” between negotiators and Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm stressed that any agreement has to come “soon.”
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) on Sunday said he is “very confident” that Republicans and the White House will reach an agreement on an infrastructure bill.
“There’s a lot that’s been done with the COVID bills that we put out that basically overlap in some areas of infrastructure, but there’s a lot more that needs to be done. And I think we can come to that compromise to where we’ll find a bipartisan deal. I’m very, very confident of that,” Manchin told host Chris Wallace on “Fox News Sunday.”
“There are a lot of conversations going on among a lot of members of the Senate and over on the House side. On Wednesday there’s going to be a markup for a key element of infrastructure policy. So lots going on right now, but still lots of daylight, honestly, between us and our Republican friends,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told host John Dickerson on CBS’s “Face the Nation.”
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm (D) said on Sunday that a deal on President Biden’s infrastructure plan “has got to be done soon,” adding that it is “perplexing” and “frustrating” that one has not been reached.
“I think it will divide us further. I don’t want to be in a country divided any further than I’m in right now. I love my country and I think my Democrat and Republican colleagues feel the same,” Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) told host Chris Wallace on “Fox News Sunday.”
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said Sunday that companies should brace for the reality that cyberattacks have become the norm, but stopped short of proposing that the Biden administration require businesses to secure their technology.
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said on Sunday that it is worth debating whether to make paying ransoms illegal after cyberattacks disrupted operations at energy and meat production firms in the U.S.
Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) said on Sunday that there should be a “new relationship” between private sectors and the federal government after recent cyberattacks on energy and food sectors.
Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) said in an interview on Sunday that former President Trump should focus on the 2022 midterm elections instead of relitigating 2020.
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