Joe Manchin actually said...

"I would also like to say with Commissioner Cline being here, with West Virginia's laws, we get very few foreclosures from very few bank lenders, so there's something we're doing right."

"We have a lot of people in the Senate right now who are concerned about making any moves or taking any steps that might basically cause a problem again."

"the only thing I would say and the frustration I would have--and I know that Senator Murkowski and other people who have a lot of natural resources in our State--is why is the government allowed to be..."

"As West Virginians, we have a lot of sympathy for Alaska trying to do all they can to provide energy for this great country and then being treated like a second class citizen."