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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.
I am understanding that they did. OK, we will work on that. It was very close that they did. That was over for them. They have no more. It was over. It was over. They were done. If we didn't do anything, they were done. The only people who…
I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Unanimous Consent Request--S. 63
Well, if you're going to use the debt ceiling for anything except for theatrics, okay, which is what probably might happen for a while, we're going to pass the debt ceiling.
Well, first of all, if one side thinks that the other one's more responsible for the debt at $31.4 trillion, that’s, that is totally not accurate and it's deceptive. We're all responsible. We've got a $31.4 trillion debt. It's a runaway…
Energy security. We have to have fossil. We do it better and cleaner than anywhere in the world.
Why would you scare the bejesus out of people that are basically going to say -- in West Virginia, I've got 60% of my population that that's all they have is Medicare and Social Security. You think I'm going to go down that path and put…
The process isn't working. How come we're not held accountable to have – to have the appropriation bills done at a certain time before the end of the fiscal year?
I think he's been pulled to the left too far, and I think I've told him that.
I think, you know, after that. I saw her hand go up and I said, 'Sure' because here, the two of us are committed to protecting the filibuster, which I think protects checks and balances on the executive branch.
I think it's going to be transformational and historical, yes, because here you had a bipartisan infrastructure bill we haven't done for years.
The centrist center is what the country wants. That's what the people want in America.
If it's all about the election, the next election, you know, that's the worst thing that could happen to us.
I serve in an independent voice, not a political party. What is clearer now than ever is, party politics is paralyzing our ability to unite.
If we don't do something on permitting reform, then the pipelines that we need to carry the energy that we demand... won't be done in time, and that money will be stranded.
What is clearer now than ever is, party politics is paralyzing our ability to unite.
I don't think the Democrats have all the answers. I don't think the Republicans are always wrong, and vice versa.
That's not what I signed up for. That's not what I signed up for. And I speak out. I speak out against the Democrat Party and against the Republican Party when it's wrong.
You cannot be the superpower of the world if you don't have energy independence.
It's a crisis. When you have a crisis, it seems like we can manage under a crisis in a bipartisan way.
We can produce the fossil in this country to be totally independent and help our allies with the cleanest fossil in the world.
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