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On the recordDecember 21, 2021
And I cannot vote to continue with this piece of legislation. I just can`t. I have tried everything humanly possible. I can`t get there.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia
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Joe Manchin expresses his inability to support the legislation.

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