Joe Manchin

A lot of the States have basically their own controls, their oversights, their ombudsmens, things of this sort.

That's an alarming rate.

Failure should not be an option.

Failure cannot be -- cannot be accepted.

I rise to speak about an honorable, dedicated public servant and a good friend from West Virginia whom we lost last month on October 29. Lloyd G. Jackson was a true West Virginian, born in our southern coalfields in a small town in Lincoln…

Access to public land is vital for the economic health and character of my state.

The mere assertion that some people 'freak out' about gun rights isn't enough of a reason to alter the Constitution.

I do not take restriction of 2nd Amendment rights lightly.

I think you can carry back and tell him that there's great concern on both sides.

We were never consulted about this. Not the least bit were we ever contacted and say, Guess what might happen.

If you want to work with us, you ought to put your order on hold right now and tell the Secretary to hold up and let's work together.

I would encourage you to take back to the Secretary the request to put this on hold, to pull this order until we can all work together on it and see if there is more efficiencies to be gained.

While my position on the withdrawal of U.S. military forces is not driven by domestic politics, it is nonetheless good domestic politics.

U.S. troops should leave because they are the wrong instrument for the political problems that the Iraqis now face.

U.S. troops should leave because the Iraqis want us to leave.

The withdrawal of U.S. forces with Iraqis in charge of their own security and violence at record lows was unimaginable 4 years ago.

President Obama and Prime Minister Maliki have an opportunity to set a common vision beyond the withdrawal of U.S. troops.

The aim should be setting in place--over the next year--a strong and enduring foundation for normalized ties under the SFA.

It is nonetheless good domestic politics.

Iraq is governing itself. It is a sovereign nation. It is an emerging source of stability in a vital part of the world.

This fulfills the pledge made by President Bush, as well as President Obama.

I continue to believe that this decision represents a failure of leadership, both Iraqi and American, that it was a sad case of political expediency, supplanting military necessity, both in Baghdad and in Washington, and that it will have…

The authors of that agreement always intended for it to be renegotiated at a later date to allow some U.S. forces to remain in Iraq.

This new chapter in U.S.-Iraqi relations after December is not an abandonment of Iraq.

We are completing the drawdown of our forces by the end of this year.