Mnuchin: Republicans Need to Raise The Debt Ceiling
Former US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said one of the most important issues is that Republicans need to raise the debt ceiling, it's an important mechanism. It's become too political, he said and thinks spending and the debt ceiling should be passed at the same time. He appears on "The David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations. This interview was recorded March 5 at Bloomberg Invest in New York. (Source: Bloomberg)
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