Joe Manchin: “The air did get better. That means the fire had to subside to where it's safe enough for them to get in there.”

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.

It's broken. It needs to be fixed.

I rise to congratulate all of my colleagues for passing a piece of legislation that is going to make the whole country happy and a beautiful place. The Senate passed a bill that I sponsored with my friend Senator Capito to name a…

You did not elect the comforter in chief. You elected a basically commander in chief, and he's hit the ground running.