CASPER, WY – U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) appeared on ABC’s “This Week” this morning to discuss President Biden’s joint address to Congress and massive spending spree. Barrasso also highlighted the Republican plan for a core infrastructure bill.

Below are key excerpts of the interview:

On Biden’s Massive Spending Spree:

“Well, it's the trillions and trillions of dollars of reckless spending. When I look at this, this is a staggering amount of spending, like someone with a new credit card. And these are for things that we don't necessarily need, we certainly can't afford, but they’re going to delight the liberal left of the party.

“It seems to me that this is a cradle to grave role of government, whether it's paying for childcare for everyone, free college for everyone, and ultimately, someone is going to have to pay for this. It's almost creating an addiction to spending.

“So, it's either massive new debt to China, as well as massive taxing, probably the largest tax increase in 50 years. And anybody that says this is going to be just on the 1 percent or big corporations - I mean, that's just phony math. Americans understand that with this kind of spending and this kind of borrowing and taxing, everyone is going to get hit in their wallet.”

Click here for video of Sen. Barrasso talking about Biden’s spending spree.

On GOP Infrastructure Proposal:

“Well, what we're working with, and as Shelley talked to President Biden Thursday, I’ve been working regularly with the other powerful Joe in Washington, Joe Manchin. And we're focusing on core infrastructure. President Biden calls it hard infrastructure as opposed to soft infrastructure.

“So I actually believe there's a deal to be had if we leave things out like the Green New Deal, and recyclable cafeteria trays and climate justice, because $500 billion to $600 billion of infrastructure is a massive amount of infrastructure.

“And we ought to start with the core that we passed when I chaired the Environment and Public Works Committee, which was a plan that passed 21-to-nothing. I voted for it, Bernie Sanders voted for it. It focuses on building faster, better, cheaper, smarter. It focuses on the things that people think of as core infrastructure that the president talks about as hard infrastructure.”

Click here for video of Sen. Barrasso talking about GOP infrastructure proposal.

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