Joe Manchin

I support the JCPOA. It is not a perfect agreement, but a good one.

The reality is that the administration's overtures to Iran have only exacerbated these tensions and deepened feelings of suspicion and alienation among our traditional Sunni partners and our allies such as Israel and Turkey.

I must add, as a former Navy person and from a Navy family of generations, that's the most humiliating thing that I have seen that American sailors, members of the United States Navy, has been subjected to in my or their lifetime.

Instead of negotiating a deal to force Iran to give up its nuclear program, the administration signed a deal that would, as Dr. Kissinger said, merely move from preventing proliferation to managing it.

The administration cannot continue to assume that time is on our side.

My colleague and dear friend from Virginia, Senator Warner, has worked extensively on trying to reform our Tax Code. We had something called the Simpson-Bowles Commission, which I think he took the lead on and was very much instrumental…

Is the system bogged down to where we are throwing so much stuff at you from here to the intermediators that is coming to us?

I am so appreciative of you all coming and so candid with us and tell us exactly what you have seen and what your experience.

I think it is time we get after this because I think our vulnerabilities are significant in this area.

He can encourage. He can persuade, but he cannot compel.

I do not know how to circumnavigate this.

How do we keep the separation of the civilian oversight, as we do, which is unbelievable, and I am glad we do.

The data tells us that the average global sea level is rising at about 3.2 millimeters a year since 1993.

Saltwater is heavier than freshwater. Florida sits on a honeycomb of limestone that is filled with freshwater.

Measurements--these are measurements, not forecasts, not projections, they are measurements--that the seas have risen in south Florida from 5 to 8 inches.

Miami Beach is basically ground zero in the United States for what we are seeing as a consequence of global warming.

The hardest thing that I had--and I'll finish up with this--the hardest that I had is that, basically, we had contractors of--fighting, basically, on the front lines.

It doesn't make any sense that we talk about--now we've got sequestration, we've had budget caps, all the different things.

That doesn't make any sense at all, but I appreciate your answers.

I can't get a handle on the contractors. I've tried. I've been here for 5 years, and I'm trying to get a handle on the strength of contract.

I would encourage you to come to Charleston, West, by God, Virginia, which is different than the other Charleston or the other Virginia, OK?

If you want to start and find out if it works or not, that would be the place to come, because that is where our greatest challenges are.

We all have the concerns over VA and we want to make sure they get the best service possible.

What are you able to do without us? What are you able to do and you believe that you have the authority to do without us?

Tell us how we can help you from this end of the table simplify the process that we all want.