Joe Manchin Quotes
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I am very proud of the critical role West Virginians play in providing energy to our nation.
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'Obamacare,' as it's been called, is far too reaching. It's overreaching. It needs to have a lot of it repealed.
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Wherever there is one job on the verge of being lost, I will fight to save it. Wherever there is one company looking to grow in West Virginia, I will fight to make that growth a reality.
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I just can't understand why we don't go forward and put more sanctions.
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I'm a sportsman. You know, I go out clay shooting and put three shells in.
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We'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.
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Our workers comp debt is the Achilles heel of our state's economy, and I firmly believe that in order to create more good jobs in West Virginia this system must be fixed and it must be fixed now. We cannot afford to wait even one more minute.
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Let me tell you, we're still the best country on earth and we're going to take care of our people and we're going to protect this country and the people here.
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In 1999, the NRA leadership in Washington, pretty much the same people intact, were for (expanded background checks.)
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Economic development is what's going to make mountaintop removal palatable.
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We shouldn't accept mediocrity as the best a politician can do.
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I strongly believe that every American should always be rooting for our president to do well, no matter which political party that he or she might belong to.
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I don't know anyone in the hunting or sporting arena that goes out with an assault rifle.
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I don't know anybody that doesn't own a gun.
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I just think, you know, when we talk about a politician, I think a person has to be themselves. Let the voters see the real you.
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Why would anybody not own a gun?
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If you're wanting to do policy, it should be bipartisan.
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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.
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We have reduced sales tax on food. Now we want it eliminated.
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If money or military might would change that part of the world... we would have done it by now. Enough is enough.
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I fully expect to be able to complete one more campaign goal - and that is to proudly report that signs have been erected as you enter our great state that say 'Welcome to Wild, Wonderful West Virginia: Open for Business!'
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I'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.
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I`m determined that Iran will not get a nuclear weapon.
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I believe in health care reform. I don't believe in the way this bill was passed.
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Whoever is president, my first priority is the same - as always. I look for what's best for West Virginia and the nation as a whole.
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I would never abdicate, nor would I expect any other governor to abdicate, the responsibility to protect the people of my state.
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Intelligence is to provide the facts to us. The facts will usually take you to the truth. And then, when we get the truth, we have got to make the decisions and do what's best for this country.
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You can't force people to buy a product, and then if they don't buy it, you fine them.
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In West Virginia, the most vulnerable people we have are people who get up every morning and go to work.
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If 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.
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