The following is the transcript of an interview with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on June 1, 2025.

Treasury secretary Scott Bessent has insisted the US would never default on its debt as he sought to assuage Wall Street concerns over the state of the country’s public finances.  “The United States of America is never going to default,

The US is not going to miss its debt payments. That’s what Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on CBS’s Face the Nation, in an interview set to air Sunday.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent spoke with Margaret Brennan on Face the Nation Sunday about U.S.-China relations, if he was anticipating price increases and President Trump increasing tariffs on steel imports.

As President Donald Trump conducted an impromptu news conference in Doha, Qatar, this month, surrounded by business leaders and top advisers, he made a point of singling out one person in particular.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. 'is never going to default' as the deadline for increasing the federal debt ceiling gets closer.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent downplayed the U.S. credit downgrade as a "lagging indicator" of economic and fiscal conditions, after Moody's took the U.S. off its top tier.

The push to eliminate penny production has received support from lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle.

Ethics watchdogs and legal experts have raised concerns over the gift, saying it could be a blatant violation of the Constitution’s emoluments clause

Scott Bessent said the US “is never going to default” as the deadline for increasing the federal debt ceiling gets closer.

Japan's chief tariff negotiator, Ryosei Akazawa, will hold another round of talks on Friday with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott B