Joe Manchin actually said...

"I do want to associate myself with Senator Stabenow. This is a separate issue. I am gravely concerned, Madam Chair, about the volume of natural gas exports."

"That is why I have strongly urged my colleagues to provide emergency funding to stop this epidemic."

"We're down to the point now if you go to the hospital... if they say, 'Listen, I'm recovering, I'm proud of it...'"

"this is a scourge that we have."