Joe Manchin actually said...

the final plan that the National Park Service implemented in 2012, in my estimation and the reason for this bill, doesn't strike that balance.

Manchin criticizes the 2012 plan for failing to balance economic needs and wildlife preservation.

04/22/2013

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we are depending on your support because I think the State of West Virginia can produce what is needed to be produced

It would seem to me that it would behoove our country to take a position that we are going to produce so much domestically, knowing that we ...

I was amazed to find out that nowhere in the country are we mining any of this, producing any.

I believe the Department of Energy's research will help set us on a path toward reestablishing domestic production of these critical mineral...