Joe Manchin actually said...

If we had no choice as we rethink our infrastructure but to look at the totality of potential disasters...

I can't imagine why the budget blueprint that he released basically would cut PILT payments by $76 million, 17 percent.

Local governments depend on these programs to function, and we need to have these programs now and give certainty to our local governments.

I am outraged, truly outraged, by these reports. I think we all should be ashamed of them.