Joe Manchin actually said...

It will affect, well I don't mean that, we are already affected in our state drastically by some of these rules.

Manchin expresses concern about the negative impact of existing rules on West Virginia.

10/26/2015

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I cannot imagine that people would stand by and deliberately hurt this country in terms of our national defense by letting this take place.

I would hope that we could come to an agreement, that we can find a $4 or $5 trillion swing over 10 years.

Can you tell me if something has gone wrong there and did we miss something?

I think that told me right there everything I needed to know, that he would not hesitate to defend this country.