Joe Manchin actually said...

"Now you know why we have a stalemate in Congress now, because we cannot even get the public to engage."

"Do you believe public policy should be that profits should not be made on education loans of any kind, so if we can just kind of pay itself and break even?"

"I want to take this in a little different direction. You know, there is postcrisis research regarding community banks showing that public benefits provided in the crisis and in the recovery stages aft..."

"We are deeply concerned about consolidation. We think it is being driven by regulation."