Joe Manchin

But a change does have to come. And Joe Manchin is going to have to reckon with that one of these days.

No, I never say that. That`s John`s. You`re confusing me if it was my good friend John Tester.

I know you remember this very well. Woody is a person who taught us all how to say the Pledge of Allegiance. Because we think we know how to say it. We all memorized it as a little kid: ``I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United…

I am here today to honor the lives of our World War II Medal of Honor recipients who bravely served our Nation, including the last surviving recipient who just celebrated his 98th birthday, Hershel ``Woody'' Williams. My colleague is here…

-- his priorities, OK, and he knows I have my priorities. And he`s my president, and I want him to succeed. I want our country to succeed. And that means we all have to communicate and be honest with each other. And I think that`s the…

I am praying to the good Lord that you all would evaluate them and make sure you are treating with what they need, not what they want.

We`ve been talking about it and everyone`s talking, stalling negotiations. I`ve been very, very, I think very, very vocal but I`ve been very transparent. Everyone`s talking about a price. Let`s find what needs to be done.

I don’t want to spend more than $1.5 trillion.

I believe partisan voting legislation will destroy the weakening divides of our democracy so I`ll vote against the For the People Act.

We`re taxing the rich. I agree. We`re going to make the rich and the famous pay.

I agree you with one thousand percent. We are on the same page, gang. We really are.

We`re taxing the rich. I agree. We`re going to make the rich and the famous pay.

I cannot accept our economy or basically our society moving towards an entitlement mentality.

You know I`ve never linked the two bills together and pray to God that let`s look at each bill on it`s own merits. There`s a lot of good in both of them, we should be able to come to that agreement.

I brought the 1.5 as you’ve seen, I think by now. The 1.5 was always done from my heart. Basically, what we could do not jeopardize, not jeopardize our economy. I’ve never been a liberal in any way, shape or form. I have voted pretty…

$1.5 trillion was his number.

Reserving the right to object, last week, Senator Ernst asked unanimous consent to bypass the committee process and pass her bill. At the time, I committed to work with her and that we would schedule this bill for a vote at the next Energy…

I am on board with all those things.

My dear friend from Wyoming, we agree on a lot of things; we just happen to see this one different. We disagree. I rise in support of the motion to invoke cloture on a nomination of Tracy Stone-Manning to be the Director of the Bureau of…

I agree 1,000 percent. We`re on the same page, gang. We really are.

I have voted pretty consistently all my whole life. I don`t fold to any of them who believe that they`re much more progressive and much more liberal.

I went from zero to 1.5.

The best ad Joe Manchin could run in West Virginia is I was the man standing between AOC and the socialist left, you know, that might that might get him elected senator for life there?

I trust them, I negotiate in good faith. We just have different positions.

Spending trillions more on new and expanded government programs when we can’t even pay for the essential social programs like Social Security and Medicare is the definition of fiscal insanity.