Joe Manchin actually said...

"We owe them much, but most importantly, the Army deserves the resources necessary for what they are doing today and for what they will be asked to do again tomorrow."

"Where can we as Congress help you in a more efficient, streamlined, lack of redundancies, if you will?"

"politically you understand you did not get the flexibility because everybody wanted to make sure that the sequester would hurt so bad that we would get rid of it."

"That's what maximizes competition. That's what brings the best prices back to the United States."