Joe Manchin actually said...

"Without these base load fuels our grid can't function."

"I believe that we need to do that more in this country and look at a way to be more energy independent by using all and not writing one off against the other."

"If it wasn't for the export market we'd have no market in West Virginia."

"You've got to tell some of our friends that truly don't want to hear the facts of what we're dealing with in the country and how we can do it much better."