Joe Manchin: “So you are basically thinking it might be more policy, deciding on what we think we need and what we don't need?”

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…

Let me just say that I think what happened is we have a bill that is hard to vote against. It really is. And I understand why there were 73 Senators who voted for it. Senator Cruz has had this and worked diligently for many years on this…

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.

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