I believe in health care reform. I don't believe in the way this bill was passed. Joe Manchin More Quotes by Joe Manchin More Quotes From Joe Manchin Our tax code should not favor red-state or blue-state elites with loopholes like SALT. Joe Manchin I would hope they would look at it with, let's say, with clear lenses. Joe Manchin When that 9.1 came in, I said,' I can't, I just can't do it,' that's when Chuck got upset. Joe Manchin I said,' This is ridiculous,' let's recalibrate and see if there's something that can be done. And to his credit, he says,' OK.'. Joe Manchin President Biden was not involved, i was not going to bring the President in, I didn't think it was fair to bring him in, and this thing could very well have not happened at all. It could have absolutely gone sideways. I had to see if we could make this work. Joe Manchin Our tempers get a little bit ahead of us at times. Joe Manchin This bill is fighting inflation and it's got a whole set of collateral benefits as well. Joe Manchin I said, ‘Can we just wait until the inflation figures come out [for] July, until we know if the Federal Reserve will hike interest rates?’ then make the decision on what we can do and how much we can do. Joe Manchin Inflation is absolutely killing many, many people, they can't buy gasoline, they have a hard time buying groceries, everything they buy and consume for their daily lives is a hardship to us. And can't we wait to make sure that we do nothing to add to that ? Joe Manchin It's based around children. It's based around prevention and intervention. That's what it's based about. So we have to take what we have as a positive, and work off of this. This piece of legislation as drafted should not be threatening to any law-abiding citizen in the United States of America. Not one. Joe Manchin So many of my good friends and colleagues on the Republican side have stepped forward, looking at a most reasonable pathway to do something that will protect the children of America. Joe Manchin We're getting this at the last possible day, the last possible minute, knowing that there's other steps to go through, the timing is not right that you've taken as long as you possibly could. Joe Manchin I'm sorry to say it has become crystal clear that the' pause' is in fact a' ban,'. Joe Manchin Alex Mooney has proven Alex Mooney's all about Alex Mooney. But West Virginians know David McKinley is all about us. Joe Manchin Every part of the state is tickled to death in knowing what they want to get repaired... for the first time in 30 or 40 years, but what Mooney is trying to do is lump one with the other. That is an outright lie. Joe Manchin Alex Mooney has proven that Alex Mooney's all about Alex Mooney. Joe Manchin David McKinley has always opposed reckless spending because it doesn't make sense for West Virginia. Joe Manchin It was disgraceful. It really was, what I saw. I met with Susan Collins of Maine, I read all the transcripts. ... It was embarrassing. It's not who we are. It's not what we were sent here to do, to attack other people and try to tear them down. I'm not going to be part of that. I think she's extremely well qualified and I think she will be an exemplary judge. Joe Manchin I'm a little bit skeptical of the electric vehicles that everyone's moving to as rapidly as they are, i'm very much concerned about the supply chain. I am very much concerned about being totally relying on China to supply the necessary resources we need to have that transition happen. Joe Manchin Inflation is a tax. This is war. Joe Manchin
