Joe Manchin actually said...

"Without investment by the Federal Government as well as incentives for private investment in such areas, states like West Virginia will never experience the full benefits of a networked society."

"I was deeply troubled and perplexed by Secretary Mabus's recent remarks dismissing links between Camp Lejeune water and the higher incidence of a number of illnesses."

"What have you done that we have learned from the past that we did not do which we are calling presumptive and not taking care of anybody to make sure this does not repeat itself?"

"We need to know a lot more because we know so little about the effects of these toxic substances on veterans and their families."