Joe Manchin actually said...

"we are never going to be able to compete entirely with China."

"you cannot bring a pea-shooter to a gunfight."

"if we do not at least provide some help to our folks to support jobs at home, then we are going to get crushed."

"I am especially interested in making sure that small- and medium-enterprises, just the kind of businesses that I am so familiar with in West Virginia, have full access to the programs authorized by Co..."