Joe Manchin actually said...

"this basically makes no sense to West Virginians at all to produce as much power as we produce, to be paying higher prices that are unnecessary."

"But we worry about the resilience of our system."

"I believe that the grid is going to be jeopardized, the security of our nation is going to be jeopardized."

"So something is causing the people who are struggling day-to-day, month-to-month, to pay a much higher price, and it doesn't make any sense to me whatsoever."