Joe Manchin: “What type of research and development would affect, let's say states in the Northeast, West Virginia, maybe out West…”

We’re trying to get a person who can be committed to — and totally committed to – being an independent with an independent voice.

The way the parties have weaponized the political process today, they make it impossible to have a 'D' or an 'R' next to your name and speak to the other side.

I will do the amicus brief on their behalf and we will show you exactly how we wrote the Bill, the intent of the Bill.

When you like both people and both sides, you can sit down with both sides, you can agree to disagree, you can try to find compromise and make things happen.