Joe Manchin: “I do hope that this hearing is just the start of a very important discussion on these and many other issues impacting…”

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.

The politics are so toxic, the more you talk about this party, that party, what candidate and this candidate.

We’re not trying to start another party.

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