Joe Manchin: “The only thing I've asked for is a level playing field. I want all. I want wind. I want solar.”

I'm not endorsing here. Never. I think that's basically something that could destroy our country and my country is more important to me than any one person or any one person's ideology.

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

The pledge is simply this: that you remain independent and not be part of the Democrat or Republican system.

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 7:17 p.m., adjourned until Thursday, December 12, 2024, at 10 a.m…