Joe Manchin actually said...

"We can`t go too far left. This is not a center-left or a left country. We are a center, if anything, a little center-right country."

"For the sake of the country, hours to House to vote and pass the bipartisan infrastructure bill. Holding this bill hostage is not going to work and getting my support for regular reconciliation bill."

"Well, how can I in good conscience vote for a bill that proposes, massive expansion to social programs when vital programs like Social Security and Medicare face insolvency, as more of the real detail..."

"I`ve worked in good faith for three months, in the past three months with President Biden, Leader Schumer, Speaker Pelosi, and my colleagues, on the reconciliation bill. And I will continue to do so f..."