Joe Manchin: “Sounds to me like we're picking winners and losers.”

The way the parties have weaponized the political process today, they make it impossible to have a 'D' or an 'R' next to your name and speak to the other side.

There’s a lot of good people out here that are looking for a pathway forward.

We’re trying to get a person who can be committed to — and totally committed to – being an independent with an independent voice.

Let me just say that I think what happened is we have a bill that is hard to vote against. It really is. And I understand why there were 73 Senators who voted for it. Senator Cruz has had this and worked diligently for many years on this…