Joe Manchin: “pure deregulation does not have really a good track record. It did not work with the phone companies. It did not work…”

Let me just say that I think what happened is we have a bill that is hard to vote against. It really is. And I understand why there were 73 Senators who voted for it. Senator Cruz has had this and worked diligently for many years on this…

Listen, this is not normal. Nothing like this has ever happened before. And we shouldn’t be hating each other.

We’re trying to get a person who can be committed to — and totally committed to – being an independent with an independent voice.

We got a runaway debt. We got inflation that's killing people. We've got an unsecured energy. We have a border that's out of control.