Joe Manchin: “Energy independence has been a well-worn staple of virtually every politician's energy speech for decades.”

You did not elect the comforter in chief. You elected a basically commander in chief, and he's hit the ground running.

What I saw was shameful.

I will make a decision in January -- at the end of this year.

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 5301 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will…