Joe Manchin: “We have to have the political courage both in facing the budget for fiscal year 2013 and the threat of sequestration.”

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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.

So you’re not making a commitment that you owe your soul to the company store, or basically to the parties, whether it be a D or an R, they’re going to have to earn your support, but the people will be much better off, and they’ll…

these are the relationships that we all should have. This is the good will, knowing that we want the TAKE IT DOWN Act. We have Senator Barrasso here, who has worked so hard on this--his staff, my staff, your staff. I can assure you, we are…