Joe Manchin actually said...

"I will not compromise these principles, particularly if doing so would leave the FCC's authority unbounded."

"There is a bipartisan interest in finding a legislative solution."

"I come from the rural state of West Virginia, which is a small rural state, like a lot of rural states in America."

"We went ahead and signed it anyway, and it hasn't weakened the hand, but there have been extensions that we really don't know where we stand as far as the negotiations."