Joe Manchin actually said...

"the debt of our Nation is the greatest threat we face as a Nation."

"I cannot imagine that people would stand by and deliberately hurt this country in terms of our national defense by letting this take place."

"There's going to have to be reform and have to be revenue and there has to be cuts in spending, and everyone has to participate."

"I would appreciate a staff-level update on those forces and their response times. Would you arrange that staff update in the next 3 weeks?"