Joe Manchin actually said...

"I hope that that Acting title is removed and that the Social Security Administration... will be respected enough by the Senate to actually have a confirmed leader."

"When the Senate does not exercise the advise-and-consent function to confirm a leader, we create some weaknesses within an organization."

"I am worried about an old-timey term that raises a lot of angst in Virginia: legal nullification, trying to nullify the law."

"We send a message to the public that we do not think this agency is that important."