Joe Manchin: “The West has seen devastating job loss.”

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.

We don't even have a budget anymore.

I will make a decision in January -- at the end of this year.