Joe Manchin

We think that there were nefarious acts by those responsible to protect themselves and the heck with our depositors.

It's long past time we finish the job.

The small, the small end farmers, the small end producers, those people who are beholden to the larger corporations, and they really dictate to them what they do and how they do it, anyway.

So we can go--we can identify some areas ourselves where they are just, they just cannot get service.

But we don't, do we?

The small, the small end farmers, the small end producers, those people who are beholden to the larger corporations, and they really dictate to them what they do and how they do it, anyway.

The IIJA established the BEAD program to expand high-speed Internet access across the country.

And I think, you know, because they were just trying to survive, so the environment took a way, way far back seat.

I want to thank you, Madam Secretary, and your staff for being so accommodating and forthright with us.

And I think, you know, because they were just trying to survive, so the environment took a way, way far back seat.

The IIJA established the BEAD program to expand high-speed Internet access across the country.

I think you did the right thing when you all made your decision on taking care of depositors, but not the bank bailout and not the shareholders.

I have a big--I have really hard concerns about the ESG because if ESG is not taken with the same light that, basically, geopolitical unrest that we see around the world, you are putting us in a very unfair advantage--or disadvantage--can…

My colleagues on both sides of the aisle, as well as businesses of all sizes have expressed concern SEC has provided insufficient time for public comment.

We are determined to get it done this time.

I have a big--I have really hard concerns about the ESG because if ESG is not taken with the same light that, basically, geopolitical unrest that we see around the world, you are putting us in a very unfair advantage--or disadvantage--can…

I think you did the right thing when you all made your decision on taking care of depositors, but not the bank bailout and not the shareholders.

I think you did the right thing when you all made your decision on taking care of depositors, but not the bank bailout and not the shareholders.

My recommendation would be, based on what we talked, with the Huaweis, and all the concerns we had, that that be a high priority of yours to ask in your budget?

I will vote for the debt ceiling. But I would vote with the understanding that at least we can have a conversation with a guaranteed vote in 90 days on changes we think need to be made.

But we don't, do we?

If I could go back to my bankers and says, for those businesses you might have and even rural areas--they have to keep large amounts of cash because they need that.

My recommendation would be, based on what we talked, with the Huaweis, and all the concerns we had, that that be a high priority of yours to ask in your budget?

So to me, that would be a high priority.

Is that type of a model still available for broadband when we can't get the big guys to go because they say, well it is not-- there is no return on investment, so why are you forcing me to go up this hollers, or down this road here, and…