Joe Manchin actually said...

"We send a message to the public that we do not think this agency is that important."

"Many of us are going to fight back against any attempts to hold the economy hostage."

"I am worried about an old-timey term that raises a lot of angst in Virginia: legal nullification, trying to nullify the law."

"When the Senate does not exercise the advise-and-consent function to confirm a leader, we create some weaknesses within an organization."