A child's geographic location, race or parent's income level should not predetermine their life's course and it's up to us to see that they don't.
Joe ManchinI've lost over 800 West Virginians the last year. Lost their lives to opiate and drug addiction. This is something that we've got to fight. We need to have treatment centers that take care of people. We need to start basically education from kindergarten all the way through adulthood. We need to get involved and stop this epidemic that's going on that's just ravaging.
Joe ManchinI don't know anyone in the hunting or sporting arena that goes out with an assault rifle.
Joe ManchinIf it's concerning immigration, do something on immigration, put your concerns on the President's actions and I'll vote on them. I'm not going to play politics and start playing around with the Homeland Security, there's no pressure that's going to change where I am.
Joe ManchinMillions and millions of people are proud gun owners, and they do it responsibly and by the law.
Joe ManchinWe've got oligarchs. There are certain people that benefit in the Russian sphere if you will. The oligarchs who basically feed Putin, they've got to be hurt without hurting the people. The people are hurting bad enough in Russia, and they're very skeptical of what's going on and all of the corruption goes on in Russia. Russia is not our ally. Russia is not our friend. And to treat Putin as an ally and a friend is wrong.
Joe Manchin