Joe Manchin actually said...

"Government should be your ally and should be your partner, and I think people believe in West Virginia, Government has become the adversary relationship and it is basically not your friend anymore."

"I appreciate your explanation, also why it has taken us so long to get Dodd-Frank implemented, because there is a lot of criticism about why are we sitting on our hands."

"Has it gotten to the point to where these banks are getting so large that they are a protected class or species?"

"You can understand the citizens' concerns, basically, that there is a protected--the people that caused the problem, and now the community banks and the regional banks are feeling the fallout of that."