I'm going to Washington tomorrow. I'm taking what we've done in this historic first step. We did it in one day.

Oh absolutely. I think you're going to have all -- we're looking at all of our state regulations and rules right now.

There's been total cooperation through this thing that we did. And without the cooperation, we couldn't have made this historic move that we made today.

Let me just say right now all of our attentions are towards rescuing these miners. Everything we're doing. As soon as this rescue operation is completed, whatever time today, tonight or tomorrow, I will have a statement that will change…

The good news is that apparently there wasn't an explosion. We're just talking about a fire, but obviously that smoke and the carbon monoxide is a big problem.

I feel so strong about this. And I've been now with families for the last three weeks, through some of the most difficult trying times. Human suffering that families should not have to go through. And we can do something and we will.

I'm the most optimistic person that you'll probably ever meet. I'm the most hopeful person that you've ever met. And I'm realist also.

All of you have been through this scenario with us before. Time is not our friend. The time -- and the longer the time goes, the -- the more difficult it becomes.

Every person with the responsibilities that they take -- I can only speak about myself, being governor of the state of West Virginia and the responsibility I believe that we have, I have for the people, for the families and for the…

We want to thank you all for a job that you have to do, it is extreme difficult and we recognize that, but this is a special little state, a special state because we have special people that are so strong that I can't explain the strength…

Time is not our friend, those words today by West Virginia's governor, Joe Manchin.

It's almost like a bomb went off and that's nearly five months after the storm.

That's not going to happen in West Virginia, not under my watch. And I'm committing and committing all the resources of our state to make the changes.

I can tell you, we're going to fix -- something's broken. It must be fixed. And it's an absolute horrible price that we in West Virginia have had to pay.

What happens now is, you have a lot of theories, a lot of hearsays. They try to construct everything they can, and then put it factually, present that in an open forum, which has never been done in our state before. And then we're going to…

Company -- Anderson, company officials won't be there either.

I think this administration is one of the most derelict in responsibility in the history. Sure. I don't disagree with her.

It has been run like a plantation. And you know what I'm talking about.