Joe Manchin: “The electric grid is essential to our lives and is also the lifeblood of the economy.”

We’re trying to build a true independent network.

We don't even have a budget anymore.

When you like both people and both sides, you can sit down with both sides, you can agree to disagree, you can try to find compromise and make things happen.

So you’re not making a commitment that you owe your soul to the company store, or basically to the parties, whether it be a D or an R, they’re going to have to earn your support, but the people will be much better off, and they’ll…