Joe Manchin: “We can't let the perfect--or the politics--be the enemy of the good and continue to live with an outdated permitting…”

The way the parties have weaponized the political process today, they make it impossible to have a 'D' or an 'R' next to your name and speak to the other side.

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

We’re trying to build a true independent network.

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…