Joe Manchin: “Now you know why we have a stalemate in Congress now, because we cannot even get the public to engage.”

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 5301 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will…

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.

It's broken. It needs to be fixed.

We’re trying to get a person who can be committed to — and totally committed to – being an independent with an independent voice.