Joe Manchin actually said...

"Access to public land is vital for the economic health and character of my state."

"I would encourage you to take back to the Secretary the request to put this on hold, to pull this order until we can all work together on it and see if there is more efficiencies to be gained."

"If you want to work with us, you ought to put your order on hold right now and tell the Secretary to hold up and let's work together."

"We were never consulted about this. Not the least bit were we ever contacted and say, Guess what might happen."