Joe Manchin: “I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources be authorized to meet during the session of…”

We got a runaway debt. We got inflation that's killing people. We've got an unsecured energy. We have a border that's out of control.

We’re trying to get a person who can be committed to — and totally committed to – being an independent with an independent voice.

There’s a lot of good people out here that are looking for a pathway forward.

If we don't do permitting, and we don't have permitting reform in America, we're not going to meet the challenges and be energy-independent.