Joe Manchin actually said...

I think it's a great idea that at some point in time we need to designate a portion of our severance money to go into a perpetual trust that we use solely for infrastructure in West Virginia in the future.

Context

Manchin advocates for a trust fund for infrastructure using severance money.

11/13/2011

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