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.

Reducing drug trade
In June 2011 Manchin joined Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) in seeking a crackdown on Bitcoin currency transactions saying that they facilitated illegal drug trade transactions. S. Critics have stated his opposition to health regulations that would raise expenses for the industry are due to his stake in the industry; Jim Sconyers chairman of West Virginia’s Sierra Club chapter stated that "he’s been nothing but a mouthpiece for the coal industry his whole public life.

Manchin was elected to a full term in office with 60 percent of the vote in November 2012. He won the special election in November 2010 to fill the seat of Senator Robert Byrd who died in office. Manchin a member of the Democratic Party previously served as the Governor of West Virginia from 2005 to 2010 and the Secretary of State of West Virginia from 2001 to 2005.