Joe Manchin actually said...

"All we want is a balance between the environment and the economy."

"Mountaineers will never be free until this madness ends. Reinstate the stream buffer zone rule to at least the Regan Era Rule and (for the first time in history) enforce it to protect American lives f..."

"The Obama administration has stated that they would follow the science. That is what I see that this administration is doing SLOWLY."

"This proposal from OSM is but one part of an open war on American coal being waged by bureaucrats in Washington, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia."