Joe Manchin: “I'm the most optimistic person that you'll probably ever meet. I'm the most hopeful person that you've ever met. And I'm…”

It can't be this total political division. It's not my fault. It's your fault. It's their fault.

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…

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.

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.