Joe Manchin: “I am deeply concerned about the direction federal agencies, including the EPA and the OSM, have recently taken in the…”

The pledge is simply this: that you remain independent and not be part of the Democrat or Republican system.

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it stand adjourned until 10 a.m. on Thursday, December 12; that following the prayer and pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour be…

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

There’s a lot of young, aggressive, good people with good intentions that love the country and have the youth and vigor to do it, and I’m going to be looking for those people.