Joe Manchin: “I share my colleagues concern about the President's budget cuts of more than $7 billion to NIH overall.”

They don't believe in these extreme causes and going to the extreme mats and fighting each other and hating the other side.

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…

We’re trying to build a true independent network.

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