Joe Manchin said "When you have 60 days of coal laying there, you are not going to interrupt that, they are going to feed it, and that is going to give you power." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJune 21, 2017

When you have 60 days of coal laying there, you are not going to interrupt that, they are going to feed it, and that is going to give you power.

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Democratic · West Virginia

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Manchin emphasizes the reliability of coal as a continuous energy source.

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