Joe Manchin actually said...

"You have to have baseload fuel to run the grid system, or if not, the well-being of our country and the security of the grid and the security of our nation could be at risk."

"The coal plants mean ones with all the pollution controls on and the nuclear and all those up-to-specs and up-to-date."

"I want to make it very clear, in my state we have 90 percent coal-fired plants because we are a state that is rich in coal."

"I am thinking like Senator King, my friend mentioned, that it has been zeroed out."