Joe Manchin: “As of today, West Virginia's made a commitment and we are changing things and the mines will be the safest in the nation…”

in a moment, I am going to be asking for unanimous consent to pass the EXPLORE Act, a package of outdoor recreation legislation. Let me just say this to you. This is something that we all agree on, both sides of this wonderful institution…

We have accumulated the greatest amount of debt in the history of our country in the shortest period of time.

So you’re not making a commitment that you owe your soul to the company store, or basically to the parties, whether it be a D or an R, they’re going to have to earn your support, but the people will be much better off, and they’ll…

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.