Joe Manchin: “I want the -- well, I do care about the bill. I care about the size of bill. Sure, I do. Everybody cares.”

We got a runaway debt. We got inflation that's killing people. We've got an unsecured energy. We have a border that's out of control.

The pledge is simply this: that you remain independent and not be part of the Democrat or Republican system.

We’re trying to build a true independent network.

I will make a decision in January -- at the end of this year.