Joe Manchin actually said...

"We describe Northwest Montana as poverty with a view. That is what is going on."

"It is ridiculous. It has got to end. This body needs to act to help save, right now, our forests through healthy, more forest management practices and these jobs."

"The new EPA standard will hit our manufacturing community hard at a time when we are desperately in need of economic development in many areas of the country, including Appalachia."

"Compromise isn't a bad word. You understand that improving good governance, the economy, and the environment is not a zero-sum game."