Joe Manchin: “I want to thank both of you, Senator Vitter and Madam Chairman, for allowing me to speak. And also for committing to…”

They’re the kind of the centrist Democrats you need.

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

Lets put some respect back in and the dignity and decorum in the life of this great country of ours, lets be Americans first and put the -- put the country before the party.

You did not elect the comforter in chief. You elected a basically commander in chief, and he's hit the ground running.