Joe Manchin actually said...

"One thing that keeps us bipartisan here in the Senate is veterans and children."

"As the Secretary of Education, it is your job to put the needs of students above bureaucratic red tape."

"I urge you to again take a commonsense approach and offer these long-standing Upward Bound programs the opportunity to apply to continue to serve the students of West Virginia."

"I understand that you feel very strongly about school choice, but as we discussed months ago, 'choice' simply doesn't make sense in rural West Virginia."