Joe Manchin: “It's going to take everything that we have in this great country to become independent.”

You did not elect the comforter in chief. You elected a basically commander in chief, and he's hit the ground running.

It can't be this total political division. It's not my fault. It's your fault. It's their fault.

We have accumulated the greatest amount of debt in the history of our country in the shortest period of time.

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it stand adjourned until 10 a.m. on Thursday, December 12; that following the prayer and pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour be…