Joe Manchin

If I was capable of bringing some people together on both sides and says, listen, let's sit down and talk about what we think, that we could basically come and look at over a 3-month period to come back with a guaranteed vote on the floor…

I really believe that in my heart.

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

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

If you are going to do something, rather than just now saying--they think if you set a precedent now that they are expecting the feds to bail everybody out, and I don't think that is what our intentions are.

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

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

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

If we are assuming that could happen, and maybe it could be the consumers, okay.

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.

What we are concerned about is, you know, I know the EU and I am fine. I said, I don't have a problem with our allies. What I have a problem with is going to countries that we don't have what we would call a secure supply chain.

Connecting the population base of the DC metro area to the interior of West Virginia would be a game changer.

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.

If you are going to do something, rather than just now saying--they think if you set a precedent now that they are expecting the feds to bail everybody out, and I don't think that is what our intentions are.

Some of these other countries where an awful lot of the minerals come from are not in the EU.

But we don't, do we?

So to me, that would be a high priority.

It's long past time we finish the job.

We are paying for all, the Federal Government is paying to reimburse those who were led to believe this is safe and secure and it is cheaper.

We have a bill with Senator Graham that we think may help you a little bit, so we are going to try to pursue that one.

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

I could never figure how we got into so many hollers and up so many creeks and everything else.

We are not holding anything hostage. We are voting to pay our bills.

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 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?