Joe Manchin: “I ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 5 minutes. At that time, I wish to be able to turn it over to the Senator…”

The pledge is simply this: that you remain independent and not be part of the Democrat or Republican system.

We’re not trying to start another party.

If we don't do permitting, and we don't have permitting reform in America, we're not going to meet the challenges and be energy-independent.

There’s a lot of young, aggressive, good people with good intentions that love the country and have the youth and vigor to do it, and I’m going to be looking for those people.