Joe Manchin actually said...

"I hope we can do our part to move this important legislation through our committee in the limited amount of legislative days left in Congress."

"Let me thank all of you for coming and being so forthright in your discussions and also in your answers."

"A letter about the sense of the Senate Energy Committee would help, you think, in moving and giving you the direction you need with the flexibility you already have?"

"I don't think we've come to an impasse on this."