Joe Manchin

I fail to see any strategic rationale for the withdrawal of 1,400 U.S. troops while the security situation remains, in the President's own word, 'precarious.'

If Germany would take the lead, it would make such a difference.

I think NATO is so important to us and our success and our defense of our country.

I'm hopeful that, once the committee is successful in section 941, this will spread and move up to the national security level, where it is desperately needed.

The only thing I can say--you know, the DOD and FEMA establish a permanent cross-functional team is something that you would recommend?

We just can't get our act together to where we have a clear direction of who's in charge

It lacks common sense, but that is not new to this town.

The top/down approach just simply is not appreciated.

We are going to do it, and we are still trying to get a handle on it.

We really think the states are doing a good job.

I look forward to working with my colleagues on this in a bipartisan manner.

We ought to be building on the notion of multiple use of public lands in our part of the country.

This, in my view, is a frustrating and exasperating example of Congress making important endangered species decisions based on politics rather than science and collaboration.

It's very troubling to see that some of our colleagues in the other body, in the House, somehow think it makes sense to seize defeat from the jaws of victory.

I told everybody at those town meetings in Eastern Oregon that I'm certainly open to ideas and suggestions to plans to provide a road map for conservation.

We need to have some reforms in litigation.

We describe Northwest Montana as poverty with a view. That is what is going on.

We have lost two-thirds of our mills. We had over 30 when I was a kid. We are down to ten.

It is ridiculous. It has got to end. This body needs to act to help save, right now, our forests through healthy, more forest management practices and these jobs.

Compromise isn't a bad word. You understand that improving good governance, the economy, and the environment is not a zero-sum game.

Senator Capito's leadership on this issue is to be commended, and I am delighted to be a co-sponsor with her on this legislation.

The new EPA standard will hit our manufacturing community hard at a time when we are desperately in need of economic development in many areas of the country, including Appalachia.

Although Congress intended to balance the goal of building a nationwide network with an opportunity for states to build their own, it certainly did not intend to create an incentive for states to opt out of FirstNet's network.

Well, Colonel, I look forward to voting for you and supporting you and helping you in any way we can our mission.

What is the most important lesson you have learned in the past 6 years, and what can we do different?