govern the businesses, and i m not talk about twitter, but apple, google, and amazon, and what they are doing is arguably a more important and significant story. so who is to blame for the missed opportunity to rein in the big tech monopolies? i am going to ask one of the most influential senators in the u.s. senate, joe m manchin.
same side is the american side. democratic senator joe manchin of west virginia, merry christmas, and good to have you join us. and now, what happens if your children get sick over the holidays that is n next. take a picture. i m stuck! is that the new iphone? yup, i just got the new iphone 14 with its amazing cama at t-mobile. wow! for a mited time at t-mobile, get fourphone 14s on us. and new lines for $25 cks a line.
congressional leaders unveiled the massive 1.7 trillion, trillion government funding bill, but with the shutdown looming this friday, the lawmakers have very little time to review the text which is running more than 4,000 pages long, and let s bring in the democratic senator joe manchin a member of the appropriations committee. senator, thank you for joining us. i wanted ask you, because one of the things left out of the spending bill are two widely supported bipartisan anti-trust bills reining in two big tech monopolies like amazon and google, and neither went to the floor for a vote, and i will point out that one of the largest funders for campaign contributions is big tech. and so can you tell us about any excuses? i cannot give you one, and from section 230 on down, i cannot give you a clue whatsoever. i cannot give you an answer on
families and children. yesterday, i went to a school district that has 500 families that are new and attending the kids are attending school there, and it is a load on obviously the school system there and on our city, but again, the economy needs a shot in the arm, so let s get these people to work, and give them the opportunity, and process them. they are asylum seekers and fleeing these countries, nicaragua, venezuela, cuba, and in the past, we have allowed them from those governments to come n and let s give them a shot. democratic congressman, rep adriano espaillat, thank you, and fa llize navidad. and now, looking at joe