Joe Manchin III: “Some of my colleagues on the Committee, particularly those from the western states, have much more firsthand experience…”

We can do it on a pilot. The way the bill is written is on a pilot.

I mean, do you know if there's a problem there? Because it seems like to me, they're coming back home in West Virginia, we should have been notified that there was some serious problems we could have intervened and helped them with.

And would they be aware, would you make them aware of all of the conditions and all the prior treatments I've received?

I would say that if I'm coming out of the military and I'm discharged, okay. So you checked me out and I've had some problems.