I will never vote for a mandate, because that is just going to make more resistance to the vaccine, and more distrust of the Federal Government.

free-market competition is what leads to growth and prosperity.

One of the great problems of today is how free-market societies should confront the rising threat of China, a Communist authoritarian state with increasing power on the world stage.

I think we`ll get something. I really do. The infrastructure bill, it`s a good bill that we need.

I support basically everyone paying their fair share of taxes, how you get to it, you know. We all have a different approach to that, but as far as on the taxation, I think that corporations should be paying at least a minimum, if you are…

China does not believe in capitalism. China does not believe in free markets the way we understand them in America.

Senator Manchin, who has been one of those key centers, holdouts has expressed opposition to.

a deal couldn't be reached on the President's social safety net package as soon as this week.

Next week is unlikely.

I can’t control rumors and it’s bull (EXPLETIVE DELETED), bull spelled with a b-u-l-l, capital B.

Joe Manchin is for selfish purposes, blocking very important critical legislation in terms of voting rights. Voting rights is the whole story right now, if we don’t get that we’ve lost everything.

No, I’ll be very honest with you, anything that was ever said, if I’m an embarrassment to my -- my Democrat colleagues, my caucus, the president, the leader of the Democratic Party, Chuck Schumer and all them, and I said me being a…

I said me being a moderate centrist Democrat if that causes you a problem, let me know and I`d switched to be an independent but I`d still be caucusing with Democrats. That`s anything was ever discussed. No one accepted that.

Joe Manchin, who will you throw overboard?

I don’t know if there is a fainting couch anywhere near his office in the senate. But he said he was actually sure that this would happen.

With all due respect, Chairman Rush--and we have been friends for years--this hearing seems to be taking on an air of distraction from what Americans are really dealing with across this country.

we’re negotiating with Republicans in good faith. We’ll see what happens.

I’ve been working across the aisle with all the Republicans trying to get people to understand that that’s the bedrock of our democracy and accessible, fair, and basically secured voting.