Joe Manchin actually said...

"We are moving forward with holding annual lease sales in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska."

"Until we have an energy policy that uses the energy that we can produce, that has more certainty and more dependability within this Nation or this continent, we are going to continue to go down this f..."

"I don't think any private concern is going to be able to do that without kind of a quasi public-private."

"In order to do that, we have to be more certain of what we can do in this country and less dependent on the foreign oil that I think they are holding us hostage with."