Joe Manchin: “If you want to talk about a nation that could pose an existential threat to the United States, I would have to point to…”

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.

We’re not trying to start another party.

There’s a lot of good people out here that are looking for a pathway forward.

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 5301 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will…