Joe Manchin actually said...

"Sooner or later we are going to have to use the resources we have not to be dependent on foreign oil."

"Guarding against the use of the SPR for political purposes, I think, should be an enduring concern for all of us."

"I support it wholeheartedly. It moves it strategically and also gives the President a chance to use a trigger and basically stop the export if the oil prices spike here and the pump price goes up."

"It is hard to go home and explain why we would be exporting when, basically, the prices here can be so volatile."