I do not know all the answers but I know that it is absolutely crippling West Virginia.

Those credits should only be used in a germane energy where the losses are.

I do not know what else to call it. I really do not because it has been singly targeted in the Appalachian region.

We are located within two-thirds of the population of the United States of American and one-third that of Canada.

It will export gas to countries like Japan and India, friendly countries to us, and will considerably lesson our reliance and their reliance on hostile countries that threaten the global security.

Congress' role in improving infrastructure is only a piece of what needs to be done.

That is why I included language in the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2016, which is actually in conference right now, which is the most comprehensive energy legislation we have done in years and very bipartisan.

Southern West Virginia and Eastern Kentucky are being crushed right now, and the social problems that come along with the declining education, increased drug problems and a lack of opportunity and pride to be able to work are very autumnal.

The concentration of these job losses has created a great depression in six counties.

My bill would help to streamline the permitting process for pipelines.

make sure that any jobs that we could bring here are going to be West Virginia jobs first?

Gas is still interruptible no matter what you do with the pipeline.

the economy is what we are worried about and how in the world do we jumpstart this economy?

So you can basically have a multi-faceted plant that produces off of gas, taking advantage of gas prices versus coal prices and is more reliable?

I think there are some people that think if you keep it in the ground, you can just bring it up as rapidly as you may need it.

I want to be very supportive of that. I put that amendment into the energy bill to be supportive of this project because I think it could bear real fruit for the State of West Virginia.

Senator Manchin and I are really pleased to be talking about something that we have much agreement on, probably all agreement on, and it is extremely important to our state.

We are now at a point, I think, where the United States is becoming one of the most dominant players in energy production in the world.