Joe Manchin actually said...

"I have some heartburn with the decision to reduce the funding for renewable water power."

"Instead of taking steps to extract new domestic energy from our tremendous resource base, the Administration has decided to again, try to extract $40 billion from the consumers of oil and gas and coal..."

"I think it was an opportunity to address the entitlement issue, reform the tax code, make swift progress in balancing the Federal budget or at least moving in that right direction."

"the President, when he was running for office, said under his energy--under his policies specifically electricity costs, he said quote, ``would necessarily skyrocket.''"