Joe Manchin actually said...

"our contractor dollars from 2012 to 2013 go down in similar levels to our civilian workforce and our military workforce."

"The bottom line. It took so long for this contract to be revealed to what was going on and why such a blatant protection of a contractor that was charging $28 billion and held totally harmless--totall..."

"You believe in health care waivers, correct?"

"If I can just very quickly ask Mr. Holtz-Eakin, in your testimony it's a common misconception that Medicare covers long-term care."