Joe Manchin actually said...

"When we tried to pass a reasonable piece of legislation--the Byrd bill--to strengthen our mine safety laws... we were blocked by the coal industry and their allies in Congress."

"Congress has long known that coal miners with Black Lung disease are at a tremendous disadvantage when attempting to access Federal benefits."

"Importantly our bill would improve the way wildfire suppression is funded without increasing Federal funding."

"Our bill would better limit the reallocation of resources away from fire prevention and hazardous fuels reduction projects which reduce the cycle of costly fires."