Joe Manchin: “if we have laws, redundancies, things that are strapping you and holding you back... we have to get serious about this.”

in a moment, I am going to be asking for unanimous consent to pass the EXPLORE Act, a package of outdoor recreation legislation. Let me just say this to you. This is something that we all agree on, both sides of this wonderful institution…

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

There’s a lot of young, aggressive, good people with good intentions that love the country and have the youth and vigor to do it, and I’m going to be looking for those people.