Joe Manchin actually said...

"The money is absolutely critical for this to be done, and needs to be started now."

"West Virginia is one of the known--I've been telling most of southern West Virginia, my areas hit the hardest, in some of the most rural areas, the most difficult terrain, that they can expect--"

"We're not going to allow it to be owned by anybody that's not the average citizen that can't get on, having the same opportunities everyone should have."

"I think the Internet can be open, and it can be owned by every citizen in this great country of ours."