Joe Manchin actually said...

"I would assume that you all think that would be a job creator for America if we built it through, into America?"

"I have a hard time understanding why this has become a political football. It makes so much common sense that you want to buy off of your friends and not your enemies."

"If we are to continue to take advantage of the bountiful resources in our Gulf, we need these industries which form the ecosystem of support necessary to continue drilling in the Gulf."

"A lot of the States have basically their own controls, their oversights, their ombudsmens, things of this sort."