Joe Manchin actually said...

"We are paying for all, the Federal Government is paying to reimburse those who were led to believe this is safe and secure and it is cheaper."

"The IIJA established the BEAD program to expand high-speed Internet access across the country."

"If you are going to do something, rather than just now saying--they think if you set a precedent now that they are expecting the feds to bail everybody out, and I don't think that is what our intentio..."

"And I think, you know, because they were just trying to survive, so the environment took a way, way far back seat."