Joe Manchin: “I thank the Senator and note the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant…”

The pledge is simply this: that you remain independent and not be part of the Democrat or Republican system.

So you’re not making a commitment that you owe your soul to the company store, or basically to the parties, whether it be a D or an R, they’re going to have to earn your support, but the people will be much better off, and they’ll…

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.

I rise to congratulate all of my colleagues for passing a piece of legislation that is going to make the whole country happy and a beautiful place. The Senate passed a bill that I sponsored with my friend Senator Capito to name a…