Joe Manchin actually said...

"We're not going to allow it to be owned by anybody that's not the average citizen that can't get on, having the same opportunities everyone should have."

"West Virginia is one of the known--I've been telling most of southern West Virginia, my areas hit the hardest, in some of the most rural areas, the most difficult terrain, that they can expect--"

"The money is absolutely critical for this to be done, and needs to be started now."

"It was when the FCC interjected itself to change that rule that basic civility that threw it to a tailspin."