Jun 1, 2015
If you don't have the infrastructure Lifeline is maybe nice in theory but meaningless in practice.
Joe Manchin
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Joe Manchin is a United States Senator from West Virginia, serving since 2010. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously held the position of Governor of West Virginia from 2005 to 2010. Manchin is known for his centrist approach and has often positioned himself as a bridge between moderate Democrats and Republicans in the Senate. His legislative focus includes issues such as infrastructure, energy policy, and healthcare.
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Jun 1, 2015
The Lifeline Program, originally created in 1985, can and should be a targeted means of providing subsidies to those who are truly in need of assistance, but, first, we must address the rampant waste, fraud and abuse that made the program…
Jun 1, 2015
I am supportive of targeting funds to unserved areas, and, you know, that is important.
May 21, 2015
Senator, if you do see something, let's say, as the bill unfolds and comes to its completion, that you really think is going to harm the people of Utah, you are not going to have any input to change that harm. And it is only going to take…
May 21, 2015
He let everybody see it months ahead of time before he was granted the fast-track authority. He never even asked for TPA until he released it. And I am sure that you were in the majority at the time, and everyone had to support that…
May 20, 2015
So the bill that we have proposed before us, it is going to require declassification of FISA Court opinions containing significant legal interpretation, which is a positive thing.
May 20, 2015
The bill that we will be considering is expanding the opportunity for the appellate review of the FISA Court decisions. I think and I can understand that you are saying they can get a FISA order no matter what.
May 20, 2015
It is a good point in the bill that we will be considering, the 2015 FREEDOM Act. It expands the opportunity for the appellate review of the FISA Court decisions, which I think the Senator has had a problem with, too, because it has been…
May 20, 2015
If the FREEDOM Act goes away and the way they are doing bulk collection, which we agree should be done away with--and we don't come to some agreement--are you concerned that we might be in more jeopardy by not having something in place…
May 20, 2015
There is serious concern that a failure to stand up in Moscow in Ukraine and elsewhere will invite Putin's adventurism in the Baltics--creating an Article 5 crisis for NATO.
May 20, 2015
Sitting back and being reactive and then debating it for six months hoping for on-hundred percent consensus among 28 countries is not a formula for success with Vladimir Putin.
May 20, 2015
The United States has made clear to Russia through political, diplomatic, economic, and defense measures that we do not accept Russia's aggressive foreign policy, and we will defend NATO and honor our Article 5 commitments.
May 20, 2015
Can you give me--I understand that they're currently meeting in Saudi Arabia now, talking about all of these things that we're talking about right now.
May 20, 2015
We have to have a much tougher, much stronger vetting process, or--they don't want to relax that at all.
May 20, 2015
Why hasn't the YPG [People's Protection Units] or the Syrian Kurds been involved in these talks?
May 20, 2015
What's the end game this time? Is it going to repeat what we've done before? Are we going to get bogged down for 10 years or more again?
May 20, 2015
The administration's requirement that this new Syrian force could only fight ISIL, not the Assad regime, which has killed far more Syrians than ISIL
May 20, 2015
Putin has deployed strike aircraft, T-90 tanks, Howitzers, armored personnel carriers, Russian marines, and housing for up to 1,500 personnel in military bases in western Syria.
May 20, 2015
This is an expansion of Russian power in the Middle East that we have not seen in 4 decades.
May 20, 2015
I would think, General Dempsey, it has been pointed out here that we have spent multiple years, 10 years plus, a trillion dollars, lost a lot of lives in Iraq, and we had 100,000 troops there at one time trying to train and defend and get…
May 20, 2015
When are we ever going to stop giving equipment to the people that will not defend it and fight for it?
May 20, 2015
Did we not see signs that Maliki was incompetent, that he would have gone strictly to a sectarian position?
May 20, 2015
As you can tell, this is a pretty sensitive subject and it is a very concerning subject to all of us.
May 20, 2015
I just think that basically my question would be, overall are we trying to defend the British lines that were drawn 100 years ago and putting people in a territory that they do not believe that that is their country? I mean, why are we…
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