Joe Manchin actually said...

"Thank you for the service you have given to this body in the Senate and to this committee for many, many years."

"This is not the Guard that we knew. This is not the Guard of 20 years ago."

"I think it is important that we attempt to maintain a military-to-military relationship, an effective military-to-military relationship, with our Russian counterparts."

"I have spoken many times about the lack of an audit. The only agency in the Federal Government that we do not audit is the Pentagon."