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“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
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On the recordJuly 31, 2022
If I had a chance to fix the energy policy of the United States of America, and I didn't do it, shame on me.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia
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Defending his decision to support the economic bill.

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