Joe Manchin

If we don't do something now--we can't fix the problem alone.

What do you expect to be different than what you've done in that region of the world for 13 years?

His claim of 'no boots-on-the-ground' is an insult to the men and women in Iraq today who are serving in harm's way.

I wrote a letter describing my concern that the regulators have not yet issued rules on Bitcoin.

I think what I am trying to get to is the cost that, basically, small community banks are incurring...

I look forward to hearing from the witnesses what specific fixes should be made so that traditional banking services do not become so complicated or expensive.

These hacks could prove the difference between being in the black and bleeding red for the bottom lines.

I urge all of you to make this review a priority, to set up outreach meetings and with community banks and others.

The U.S. financial system and capital markets cannot remain the preferred destination for investors throughout the world if our regulators operate under a cloak of secrecy.

It is almost impossible not to get one?

As of the fourth quarter of 2012, nearly half of the 25-year-old age group has student debt, and overall student debt levels tripled between 2004 and 2012.

I want to give Mr. Bergeron just a little bit of an opportunity.

So it is us. We have got to change it.

Education is the great equalizer. It is the thing that has made this country what it is today

If you are going to let me escape because of bankruptcy, but you are going to make sure I am not a worthy borrower, but you want that to be open, then you are saying you want the Federal Government and the taxpayers to pick up a--now they…

But, the bottom line is, this seems to be pretty lucrative from the banking standpoint.

I thank Senator Manchin, Senator Barrasso, Senator Landrieu, and Senator Murkowski for holding this hearing.

It might also help enhance our relationship, so that there is a partnership more.

I don't think we've come to an impasse on this.

I remain committed to working with the Committee, and both the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture.

A letter about the sense of the Senate Energy Committee would help, you think, in moving and giving you the direction you need with the flexibility you already have?

Let me thank all of you for coming and being so forthright in your discussions and also in your answers.

You are not going to operate and you do not operate, nor you do not intend to operate?

I hope we can do our part to move this important legislation through our committee in the limited amount of legislative days left in Congress.

We can get there. It might take a while.